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Kristy Kirkup

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National health reporter for @globeandmail. Nearly two decades in the news business. Please note I infrequently check X. Kindly email [email protected].

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Joined April 2009
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Ontario's Infection Prevention & Control guidelines for suspected cases of Hantavirus include airborne precautions with fit-tested N95 masks & eye protection.
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Ottawa prepared to halt plan to allow MAID for mental illness theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Ottawa prepared to halt plan to allow MAID for mental illness

Ottawa prepared to halt plan to allow MAID for mental illness

Federal government will follow recommendations of parliamentary committee studying issue, sources say

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Discretionary inquest granted to examine teen’s death after he sought care at Ontario hospital theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Discretionary inquest granted to examine teen’s death after he sought care at Ontario hospital

Discretionary inquest granted to examine teen’s death after he sought care at Ontario hospital

Finlay van der Werken, 16, waited more than eight hours to see a doctor – his family could wait up to seven years for the inquest

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Three children dead in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario region after flu-related complications. Medical officers of health warn of rapid rise in influenza-A, urge vaccination ahead of holidays, by @kkirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail
Three children dead in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario region after flu-related complications

Three children dead in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario region after flu-related complications

Medical officers of health warn of rapid rise in influenza-A, urge vaccination ahead of holidays

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Nigel Wright, long-time Onex executive and former chief of staff to Stephen Harper, has died theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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A phone line during the pandemic that morphed into a clinic providing culturally safe care in downtown Toronto theglobeandmail.com/life/hea…
A phone line during the pandemic that morphed into a clinic providing culturally safe care in...

A phone line during the pandemic that morphed into a clinic providing culturally safe care in...

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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Canadian military airdrops aid into Gaza for first time as Israeli PM Netanyahu reportedly considers seizing entire Palestinian territory. @kkirkup and I report theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

Canada airdrops aid into Gaza as Netanyahu defies mounting ceasefire pressure

Air deliveries of aid, criticized for being inefficient and dangerous, have been made necessary by Israel’s restrictions on overland shipments

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Despite mounting international outcry - and new pressure at home for a ceasefire - Israeli PM Netanyahu says Gaza war will continue until Israel meets "all" its objectives. My report theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

Canada airdrops aid into Gaza as Netanyahu defies mounting ceasefire pressure

Air deliveries of aid, criticized for being inefficient and dangerous, have been made necessary by Israel’s restrictions on overland shipments

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Thanks to @kkirkup for her journalism reflecting the experience of many families this week. …and also, in advance, to the school board for making classrooms conducive to learning. We’re grateful to have been asked to share Emmett’s story. @Ali_Mullins theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Theresa Tam bids farewell as Canada’s top public health officer theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Theresa Tam bids farewell as Canada’s top public health officer

Theresa Tam bids farewell as Canada’s top public health officer

When COVID-19 began spreading in Canada, Tam became the main conduit for health information

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‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include programs that reflect Canadian values like equitable access to health care, by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… via @globeandmail
Opinion: ‘Nation-building’ projects should also reflect Canadian values

Opinion: ‘Nation-building’ projects should also reflect Canadian values

We can’t just focus on pipelines when health care and other soft-power initiatives are already our strengths

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The Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions issues an apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples for the harms Indigenous Peoples have faced historically and currently face in the health care system. nursesunions.ca/upholding-re… via @CFNU @CFNUPresident #nursing #reconciliation
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B.C. ostriches set for cull have avian flu infection not seen elsewhere in Canada, agency says theglobeandmail.com/canada/b…
B.C. ostriches set for cull have avian flu infection not seen elsewhere in Canada, agency says

B.C. ostriches set for cull have avian flu infection not seen elsewhere in Canada, agency says

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the birds have a genetic composition of the illness associated with a human case in Ohio

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Without official status, NDP looks to stay relevant in Parliament theglobeandmail.com/politics…
Without official status, NDP looks to stay relevant in Parliament

Without official status, NDP looks to stay relevant in Parliament

Interim Leader Don Davies says he’s negotiating for more resources for his MPs

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B.C. owners of ostriches hope high-powered names and bird-flu survivor will save flock from cull theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
B.C. owners of ostriches hope high-powered names and bird-flu survivor will save flock from cull

B.C. owners of ostriches hope high-powered names and bird-flu survivor will save flock from cull

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz among supporters of birds that Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to kill for disease control

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Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for right up to the Supreme Court. Price Carter suffers from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, by @kkirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail @DWDCanada #MAiD
Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for

Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for

Price Carter suffers from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer

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.@CMA_Docs launches legal challenge to Alberta law limiting access to treatment for #transgender youth. Bill 26 bars doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies to those under 16, by @kkirkup @alanna_smithh theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail
Canadian Medical Association to file legal challenge over Alberta law limiting access to treatment...

Canadian Medical Association to file legal challenge over Alberta law limiting access to treatment...

Bill 26, enacted in December, prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies to those under 16

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Alberta has seen more than 600 cases of #measles since early March, with the large majority of cases in children. Alberta Health Services says the slew of cases is likely due to under-reporting. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail #vaccination
As measles cases surge across Southern Alberta, officials abandon site-specific alerts in favour of...

As measles cases surge across Southern Alberta, officials abandon site-specific alerts in favour of...

The zone has 75 per cent of the province’s total caseload of 606, as of Monday

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In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles cases surge theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles...

In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles...

Hospitals in outbreak epicentre have ramped up preventative measures but containment of the highly contagious virus is a significant challenge

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Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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