Maureen Taylor
@maureentaylor31.bsky.social
ID Physician Assistant, Clinical Researcher, former CBC National Medical Reporter.
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Toronto plans to repair and replace more than 125 public bathrooms across the city. It's long-overdue effort to tackle an essential civic problem, but do the new loos have to be ugly? by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Is Toronto’s public design in the toilet?
The city’s plan to repair and replace 125 public washrooms is a rushed, one-size-fits-all approach that misses an opportunity to showcase design
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September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Toronto plans to repair and replace more than 125 public bathrooms across the city. It's long-overdue effort to tackle an essential civic problem, but do the new loos have to be ugly? by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find.
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September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism.
"We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.
"We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.
Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism.
"We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.
"We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.
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Israel needs to provide evidence immediately to support their claim that this journalist and the other Al Jazeera journalists they killed in a targeted attack were, as they claim, "Hamas terrorists."
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Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says
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August 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Israel needs to provide evidence immediately to support their claim that this journalist and the other Al Jazeera journalists they killed in a targeted attack were, as they claim, "Hamas terrorists."
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‘Acute, Sustained, Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada Finds Its Voice www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
Opinion | ‘Acute, Sustained, Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada Finds Its Voice
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August 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
‘Acute, Sustained, Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada Finds Its Voice www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
In Search of a Death With Dignity www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/o...
Opinion | In Search of a Death With Dignity
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August 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In Search of a Death With Dignity www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/o...
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Breaking News: Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine to settle a dispute with the Trump administration and restore research funding to the school.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
The White House had canceled more than $400 million in research funding to the university, saying it had failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.
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July 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Breaking News: Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine to settle a dispute with the Trump administration and restore research funding to the school.
You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This
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July 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
The Hard and Hopeful Realities of Dementia www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
Opinion | The Hard and Hopeful Realities of Dementia
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July 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Hard and Hopeful Realities of Dementia www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
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A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Study highlights optimal strategies for fecal transplantation in C diff patients
A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
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A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Study highlights optimal strategies for fecal transplantation in C diff patients
A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
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A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
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New Data Show Just How Powerful the Next #WeightLoss Drugs May Be. The drugs in development include a pill that a new trial suggests is about as effective as Ozempic, by Dani Blum www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/w... via @nytimes.com
New Data Shows Just How Powerful the Next Weight-Loss Drugs May Be
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June 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New Data Show Just How Powerful the Next #WeightLoss Drugs May Be. The drugs in development include a pill that a new trial suggests is about as effective as Ozempic, by Dani Blum www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/w... via @nytimes.com
Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species
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June 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
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Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
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Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
A union representing 30,000 health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Danielle Smith’s government to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any othe...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
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A judge rules that several hundred Trump administration NIH grant cuts were illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years.
Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years
A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A judge rules that several hundred Trump administration NIH grant cuts were illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years.
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🤔"Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall"
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Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall
EDMONTON - Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
🤔"Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall"
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Dangerous news, especially at a moment when Western officials believe Israel is planning an attack on Iran...
Watchdog finds Iran failing to meet nuclear obligations
Watchdog finds Iran failing to meet nuclear obligations
Iran had warned European powers not to back the resolution, which carries the threat of an eventual referral to the UN Security Council.
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June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dangerous news, especially at a moment when Western officials believe Israel is planning an attack on Iran...
It’s Code Red for Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Opinion | It’s Code Red for Vaccines in America
How to make sense of all the vaccine policy changes.
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June 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s Code Red for Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
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Obituary: Biophysicist Dr. James Till co-discovered stem cells, sparking a medical revolution, by Carolyn Abraham
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Biophysicist Dr. James Till co-discovered stem cells, sparking a medical revolution
The monumental achievement, in collaboration with Ernest McCulloch, opened the door to regenerative medicine and its potential to treat everything from sprains to spinal cord injuries
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June 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Obituary: Biophysicist Dr. James Till co-discovered stem cells, sparking a medical revolution, by Carolyn Abraham
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Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...
Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.'s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’
Terminated CDC vaccine adviser Helen Chu spoke with STAT about her fears for the future of vaccine policy
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June 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...
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FWIW, having explored this angle a bit recently, my impression is that supplying defence needs won’t be enough to keep auto-parts makers afloat, but their ability to diversify to that sector (and others) is among the reasons to not let our auto industry die. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Industry Minister Joly sees role for automakers in boosting Canada’s defence capacity
Few specifics were provided, but the minister says she will hold talks with the sector
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June 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
FWIW, having explored this angle a bit recently, my impression is that supplying defence needs won’t be enough to keep auto-parts makers afloat, but their ability to diversify to that sector (and others) is among the reasons to not let our auto industry die. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...