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Kristy Kirkup
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National health journalist for The Globe and Mail, 🇨🇦’s national newspaper.
Based in Ottawa.
Contact: kkirkup@globeandmail.com.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/kristy-kirkup/
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Menopause awareness is growing, but patients still face barriers to evidence-based care
Removal of black-box warnings on hormone therapy products by U.S. authorities reflects sea change in how treatment is viewed
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November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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What to know about measles after Canada lost its elimination status
The highly contagious, airborne disease has made a comeback in this country
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Canada has been stripped of its measles elimination status after failing to interrupt transmission within one year of an outbreak that continues to spread in parts of the country. @kkirkup.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com #cdnpoli
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status
The return of measles has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
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November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Federal budget 2025: Health measures include $5-billion dedicated infrastructure fund www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @kkirkup.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

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The federal budget says the fund will complement existing health-related support provided to provinces and territories by helping to ensure their health infrastructure, such as emergency rooms, will be able to respond to Canadians' health care needs.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball made the game more inclusive for other kids www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball made the game more inclusive for other kids
Bryce Desrochers, who lives with cerebral palsy, and his parents founded league to ensure all individuals can play ball
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October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball opened the game to kids in wheelchairs
Bryce Desrochers, who lives with cerebral palsy, and his parents founded league to ensure all individuals can play ball
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October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Advance requests for MAID ‘generally supported,’ national consultations find
Roundtable participants voice concerns about how to move ahead with procedure without final consent
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October 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Closer to the heart: Doctors had to perform open-heart surgery on Julia Morris after she had a heart attack while 23 weeks pregnant. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
In groundbreaking procedure, Ontario doctors perform rare heart surgery on pregnant woman
Surgeons had to operate on Julia Morris at 23 weeks without endangering the fetus. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada in the second trimester
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October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief
This will be the Prime Minister’s second trip to the White House since taking office this year
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October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Indigenous surgeon draws on lessons from her mother to make history www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @kkirkup.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. Nadine Caron helped create Canada's first Indigenous-focused graduate certificate in public health at the University of British Columbia.
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on cull of 400 ostriches
Owners, one of whom was arrested yesterday when she and her daughter refused to leave the bird pens, have also filed for leave to appeal the order
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September 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Gynecologists prepare for questions about Tylenol and pregnancy after Trump’s unproven claims

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Gynecologists prepare for questions about Tylenol and pregnancy after Trump’s unproven claims
Political observers, medical professionals believe President and his administration taking ideological positions rather than scientific ones
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September 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Nova Scotia’s approach to sepsis treatment offers life-saving lessons, advocates say

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Nova Scotia’s approach to sepsis treatment offers life-saving lessons, advocates say
By the end of October, ER nurses throughout the province will be able to administer antibiotics and IV fluids to anyone suspected of having sepsis
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September 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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For this young, scrappy newsroom of recent college graduates, freelancers, and local journalists who’ve never had a byline outside their home country, the funding is a recognition of their arrival onto Europe’s media landscape.
The Gen Z newsroom covering Europe (and ruffling some continental feathers along the way)
Like all Cinderella stories, there’s an urgent carriage-to-pumpkin timeline looming for The European Correspondent.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Call Auntie: How a pandemic phone line morphed into a clinic in downtown Toronto providing culturally safe care. Indigenous midwives and community health workers advise and support Indigenous patients, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-... via @theglobeandmail.com
A phone line during the pandemic that morphed into a clinic providing culturally safe care in downtown Toronto
Group of Indigenous midwives and community health workers had launched the Call Auntie phone line to advise and support Indigenous patients
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September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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G7 seeks ways to boost financial support for Ukraine after Russian drone incursion into Poland
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G7 seeks ways to boost financial support for Ukraine after Russian drone incursion into Poland
Finance ministers are increasing efforts to step up the use of seized Russian funds to backstop Kyiv, federal government says
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September 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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A 1.5-year-old boy is dead and six others ranging in age from 1.5 to 3 are injured, along w/ three adults, after an SUV crashed into a daycare in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, ~3 p.m. ET

York Regional Police say driver in his 70s was arrested and they do not believe the act was intentional
September 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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PHAC to take over running Vaccine Injury Support Program from private company
Funding agreement with OXARO Inc., an Ottawa-based company, will conclude at the end of March
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September 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in unfair, inequitable way, former advisory council chair says
Eric Hoskins had called upon provinces and territories to try and reach agreements before the election campaign
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September 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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California, Oregon and Washington form public-health agreement to issue vaccine recommendations
West Coast Health Alliance emerges as the CDC, under RFK Jr., has fired senior leadership, lost staff and replaced members of a key vaccine recommendation panel
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September 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
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August 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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How do we provide cool relief in a world that's heating up? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social

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A woman sits next to an open window as a fan circulates air throughout her rental apartment. Some doctors have begun prescribing air conditioners to patients who would otherwise be unable to afford them.
August 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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An Ontario teen died after waiting in agony at an ER. His family wants a discretionary inquest to examine the circumstances of his death to help prevent other fatalities. Unlike if someone dies in prison, inquests are not automatic if a child dies in hospital.
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An Ontario teen died after waiting in agony for hours at an ER. Now, his family wants an inquest
Finlay van der Werken’s parents have filed a lawsuit and are pushing to reform emergency care after their 16-year-old’s death
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August 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Two toddlers are among nearly 150 Canadians held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, data show

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Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show
One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found
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August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Wildfires burn in parts of Europe as temperatures in some areas soar past 40C.

"Europe is warming faster than any other continent, at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service."
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Wildfires burn in Europe as record summer heat simmers
Scientists warn climate change is making parts of Europe more vulnerable to wildfires
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August 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM