Health/Law/Human Rights. Thinking globally, meeting CanCon requirements. Disproportionately but not exclusively access to medicines/global health/humanitarian response/public health/infectious disease.
Adam R Houston
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Good lord, this entire article. Every detail grimmer than the last.
"Amid confusion over Pfizer’s emergency penicillin program, newborn is diagnosed with preventable #syphilis -
Rise in adult cases and #Bicillin shortage set stage for ’never event’"
www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/p...
One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo, we’re warning that the outbreak is outpacing response efforts.
As long as Canada is raising defence spending while cutting health spending, there are worse things to classify as defence spending than an "initiative to strengthen Canada’s domestic blood and plasma capabilities for health emergencies"...🩸
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
👀"Twelve people, mostly students, have been taken to hospital after what appears to have been an electrical incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley." cheknews.ca/12-people-ma...
On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit
An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations
On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️
@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
President of #Brazil
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DG of @who.int
Despite the recent scale-up in the Ebola disease response in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement persist.
www.msf.org
Congenital syphilis should be preventable. An Arizona case shows how drug shortages and procedural hurdles are fueling a growing public health crisis.
A quick eyeball of the list (⬆️🧵) of the 46 most requested drugs under the Special Access Program suggests over 25% (👀) are found on the WHO Model List of #EssentialMedicines.💊📜
Lack of detail means likely some wrinkles about formulation etc., but some definitely aren't available in Canada at all...
The "import cheaper drugs from Canada" saga has been going for over two decades now...🤨
💊💰🛃
"FDA approves Colorado’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada - Florida became first state to receive approval, in 2024, but has yet to start importing drugs" www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/c...
