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André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail. Author of the bestselling book "NEGLECTED NO MORE".

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    Apr 16

    🙏Thank you for making "Neglected No More" (Les grands oubliés en français) a 🇨🇦bestseller. Available in paperback, e-book and audio book in fine stores everywhere, and online. via

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    7 hours ago

    After more than a year leading the Globe’s COVID team I almost can’t believe this moment is here. The pharmacist asked if I understood the potential risks. I smiled and told her I was more worried about the drive home⁩ ⁦⁩

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    17 hours ago

    Grateful to be part of this team, grateful for the recognition from . Hoping it brings a new audience to GONE, because the crisis of disappearances in México is only worsening

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    22 hours ago

    Thank you very much for this lovely recognition, and special thanks to for their amazing journalism, as well as the many workers who shared their stories 💜

    Congrats to the amazing of on winning Amnesty award for story on warehouse working conditions
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    13 hours ago

    Just published : Effect of vaccine in >23,000 health care workers Dose response: No vaccine 977 infections; 1 dose 71 infections; 2 doses 9 infections (14|8|4 per 10,000 person-days) "can prevent both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection "

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    11 hours ago

    Our ICU @ Brantford general is full of covid cases from the GTA. We are doing our part. Yet the majority of frontline staff at our hospital have not had second doses of vaccine. What will it take for ON to prioritize HCW safety?

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    15 hours ago

    ICYMI: Replay an informative conversation between Globe and Mail health journalist and researchers and as they talk outbreaks, vaccines and immunity in long-term care homes.

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  8. 13 hours ago

    "In his job he provided thoughtful support to many members of our community. Clients trusted him"-- Ottawa worker stabbed to death, by via

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  9. 13 hours ago

    Yes, vaccines block most transmission of . The latest data show that getting a shot not only protects vaccinated individuals, it reduces the chance they can spread the to others via

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  10. 13 hours ago

    Different messaging is being delivered to doctors than to the public. It has to stop, by via

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  11. 13 hours ago

    How variants get their confusing names. , 501Y.V2, . Right now we're stuck with jumbles of letters and numbers, or country names that stigmatize people from that region. Experts have a plan to fix that. via

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  12. 14 hours ago

    The multimedia project exploring families’ risky search to uncover the truth behind Mexico’s🇲🇽mass graves, led by , awarded by International, by

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Canadian PM Justin Trudeau receives first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine via

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    21 hours ago

    This is the vaccinate-our-way-out-of-a-third-wave argument demolished in eight words

    Replying to @bruce_arthur
    Someone said it best: vaccine supplies grow linearly, Covid cases grow exponentially.
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  16. 15 hours ago

    Eight weeks after release, "Neglected No More" is still on the bestseller list,📚despite a lot new spring releases. Thank you🙏everyone for your support and your interest in improving . via

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  17. 15 hours ago

    Quebec is planning to use a different vaccine for the 2nd dose in some cases. Here's what the experts say about mixing and matching, by via

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  18. 16 hours ago

    Mosquitoes are a Canadian icon – and a growing public health risk. Every year, these pesky insects spread diseases that kill one to two million people worldwide, and is only making them stronger. via

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  19. 16 hours ago

    Scientists say potential new vaccine is 77-per-cent effective. This is big news because more than 270,000 children – mainly in Africa and India – die of malaria every year, by via

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  20. 16 hours ago

    Première dose d’AstraZeneca | La mairesse de Montréal participe à l’« effort de guerre » via 💉 🤳

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  21. 16 hours ago

    ‘Why isn’t there one site to book vaccines?’ ‘Do we have a supply issue?’ Q+A w/ , head of Ontario’s vaccine task force, by via

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