Elizabeth Payne

Can psilocybin ease distress in the dying? Research shows promise Ottawa researchers are optimistic about early results showing psychedelic microdoses can ease psychological distress in palliative patients.

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Flu claims 5 more US children’s lives as virus continues circulating at moderate to very high levels

Flu claims 5 more US children’s lives as virus continues circulating at moderate to very high levels
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From fine dining to bedside trays: How Stephen Beckta helps transform food at The Ottawa Hospital The well-known restaurateur has partnered with The Ottawa Hospital to transform the way it feeds patients on a daily basis.

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From the 'Garage' to the hallway, this is the new reality of hospital stays Hospital overcrowding means patients are being treated in 'unconventional spaces' — a trend that is unlikely to end any time soon.

From the 'Garage' to the hallway, this is the new reality of hospital stays. Hospital overcrowding means patients are being treated in 'unconventional spaces' — a trend that is unlikely to end any time soon, by @egpayne.bsky.social Payne ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... via @ottawacitizen.com

Ontario hospitals facing 'difficult decisions,' association warns ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Remembering Maria Pellegrini, the opera diva next door She was famous for her performances in Madame Butterfly. She was also my neighbour in Ottawa's Wellington Village.

I wrote this about my former neighbour, ottawacitizen.com/news/remembe...

No imminent threat. Only Congress gets to declare war. And this sounds like a war.

I had to
Look up where it is. High winds in Ottawa and cold but no snow

I didn’t hear it all but I believe it was a highly unusual notice from Springwater, Ontario telling people to stay off the roads because emergency services are no longer able to answer calls. Lake effect snow and high winds have created blizzard conditions.

How a gut molecule — fuelled by healthy foods — can protect against type 2 diabetes Researchers have found that a natural molecule made by gut bacteria can reduce inflammation and protect against diabetes and obesity

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How a gut molecule — fuelled by healthy foods — can protect against type 2 diabetes Researchers have found that a natural molecule made by gut bacteria can reduce inflammation and protect against diabetes and obesity

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Protect yourself - get vaccinated.

Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Copyright: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

"the most disastrous year for US public health policy"

The US faces a critical public health crossroads as recent policy shifts threaten decades of progress.

What are the implications for future health security and scientific integrity?

Our Editorial: spkl.io/63326AcVQy

Montreal records first measles case in latest Quebec outbreak montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

No, you can’t get the flu from a flu shot — and other misconceptions Dr. Anne Pham-Huy, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, debunks some common misconceptions about the flu and the flu shot

A must read, must share article dispelling dangerous misconceptions about the flu vaccine.

If all health journalists were as excellent as
@egpayne.bsky.social we’d be in a lot less trouble. Do consider giving her a follow.

#VaccinesSaveLives
#Flu
#medsky

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3 children in Ottawa area die of flu complications, health officials urge vaccination Three children in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario have died from flu-related complications in the past two weeks, public health officials say.

OMG

We have had three kids already die of the flu in Ottawa this season

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The Children’s Hospital here is overflowing (and so is the adult hospital)

#Flu #MedSky #OttNews

Health officials urge vaccination after three children in Ottawa area die of flu Three children in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario have died from flu-related complications in the past two weeks, public health officials say.

Three children have died of flu in eastern Ontario in the past two weeks - alarming evidence of the severity of this flu season ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Quebec government and family doctors reach agreement in principle, putting contentious legislation on hold New deal to be presented to doctors on Friday before being put to a vote

Quebec government and family doctors reach agreement in principle, putting contentious legislation on hold. 
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More prostate cancer cases diagnosed at Stage 4 in recent years, study finds Official recommendations that discourage use of hotly debated screening test could be linked to increase, experts suggest

Rise in late-stage prostate cancer raises concerns over testing. Q+A w/ @kellygrant1.bsky.social on #TheDecibel podcast.
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Calling the press “fake news” is harmful. Calling them “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” for publishing reporting is something else entirely. Treason is a capital crime. Suggesting journalists should face it for exercising their First Amendment rights and doing their jobs is dangerous.

RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves “Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”

To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

Trump calls a woman reporter “stupid.” He called NYT woman reporter “ugly,” and another woman reporter “piggy.”

He’s perpetrating violence against women.

ANALYSIS: Does the new empties scheme sell out northern Ontario? | TVO Today The grocers will pay off the Beer Store to continue to accept returns. That’s good news — if you can get to one.

"None of this is surprising: the province’s grocery oligopoly has been successfully fighting off efforts to impose any kind of deposit return scheme on beverage containers for about as long as I’ve been alive." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

Ottawa says new provincial bill likely kills at least 3 bike lane projects | CBC News New provincial legislation prohibiting how municipalities can build bike lanes means three projects in Ottawa likely can't move forward and others will get more expensive, according to a city report.

Bill 60 means that we will not be able to add cycle tracks to Albert and Slater Street or extend the O’Connor bike lane to Wellington Street. It’s an absurd overreach by the Ford government that will make all road users less safe and waste millions. I hate it here.

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Joshua Clatney, advocate and leader for youth with addiction, dies at 28 ottawacitizen.com/news/joshua-...

Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds Those with the sleep condition were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. But one treatment was found to help.

Researchers linked obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes temporary pauses in breathing during sleep, with Parkinson’s disease in a new study. But the researchers did find that treating sleep apnea with a CPAP machine was associated with a reduced likelihood of developing Parkinson’s.

Hospitals scrambling to convince more staff to get flu shots Declining uptake of flu vaccines among health workers comes at a time when officials are anticipating a severe influenza season.

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Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump

This triple-bylined, complex, deadline- driven news story is a master class in how to write with finesse amid all the constraints of daily journalism. Beautifully written: Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

Known unto God: How Canadians embraced their Unknown Soldier The tomb has become so central to Canadians' remembrance, it has in many ways surpassed the National War Memorial.

Of the many Remembrance Day stories i wrote, this was my favourite ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...