Out today in CMAJ: Srinivas Murthy, MD, MHSc + I call out the lack of enforcement of clinical trial registration & results reporting norms by Health Canada and PHAC.

We argue that market entry should be tied to trial transparency.

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CC David Moher Nav Persaud Marc-André Gagnon

Global Optimization of respiratory support - expressions of interest

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A wonderful conversation between Astra Taylor and Luke Messac on medical debt in American healthcare, and ends with some great lessons for physician organizing that we could listen to here in Canada.

New Interview: I talked to the writer Mukul Kesavan about the opening up of a new temple in Ayodhya, and how it marks the triumphant culmination of the project of Narendra Modi and the Hindu right. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/h…

folks, this is real bad. we rely on regulatory submissions to make important decisions. this is fraud, with major public trust and public health impacts.

Latest from Intensive Care Medicine

Integrating climate-related outcomes into clinical trial design will help with decision-making

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Washington Post interview with Al-Nasr Staff:

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#PedsICU

Last night, two Montreal Jewish schools were targeted by an unknown shooter. No one was injured, but these hideous acts of antisemitism are unacceptable.

There is no place in a just world for antisemitism, and there never will be. Attacks against Jews hurt us all.

Solidarity with ICU colleagues working in unimaginable circumstances.

With the collapse of all 4 pediatric hospitals, children with chronic illnesses do not have access to specialist medical care. We have had children with diabetes, asthma and autoimmune disease seek medical care at the ER at Al Ahli

We are extremely disturbed by reports of airstrikes in the vicinity of Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza . Many health workers we were in contact with have been forced to leave the hospital in search of safety. Others report being unable to move due to grave insecurity. Many of the

We are horrified by news coming from Jabalia camp where high numbers of people have reportedly been killed by an Israeli airstrike. After the attack, many wounded people arrived to Al Shifa hospital where our teams helped to provide emergency medical care...

One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.

Solidarity with colleagues making the most unimaginably difficult decisions right now.

Job posting, Tenured position in Global Health Ethics at UBC. Come work here!

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With ‘parental rights’ in the news all over Canada, re-reading Joseph Millum’s excellent ‘The Moral Foundations of Parenthood’.

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Hugely important work

A short editorial written by dozens in Intensive Care Medicine about integrating acute and critical care services into universal health coverage around the world

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

open.spotify.com/episode/10JHYJ…

I take great offense at the accuracy of this (from bayesian stats to Nintendo Switch to choice of shoes and nearly everything else).

nytimes.com/interactive/20…