André Picard
The Globe and Mail
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Canadian doctor Tak Mak wins prestigious award for pioneering work in cancer research
Dr. Tak Mak, who discovered the structure of the T cell receptor for antigens and paved the way for modern immunotherapy drugs, has been awarded one of the world’s most esteemed scientific prizes → Read More
Opinion: Will a crackdown on private telemedicine improve health care access? The jury is out
How can you deny access to private clinics when the public system has failed to provide 6.5 million Canadians with even basic primary care? → Read More
Opinion: Hats off to B.C.: Universal access to contraception is good social policy
B.C. is making prescription contraception available to all free-of-charge. What are the other provinces waiting for? → Read More
Opinion: We need a national licensing system for Canadian doctors
The incoming Atlantic Physician Register is a good step, but a small one → Read More
New Ontario health legislation is disturbingly vague on new clinics’ oversight
What we need, and what this proposed legislation should prompt, is a sophisticated discussion of the role of private and for-profit providers within a public system → Read More
Opinion: With poultry stocks devastated, is there a whiff of the next pandemic in the air?
H5N1 avian influenza has led to the deaths of at least 150 million wild and domestic birds, and the virus seems to be mutating to infect mammals → Read More
Opinion: Ottawa is not coming for your personal health data
Premiers Scott Moe and Danielle Smith are vowing to protect their citizens against a ‘digital ID,’ but there is no such plan in the proposed Health Accord → Read More
Opinion: Lots of numbers, little imagination: The federal funding deal won’t fix health care
It’s hard to believe that 2½ years of public posturing and background negotiations produced something so utterly uninspiring and unimaginative → Read More
Opinion: Is COVID-19 still a global health emergency?
If the WHO says the risk from the disease has dropped, it could lead to reduced vigilance → Read More
Opinion: Health reform can’t wait. Here’s where to start
An expert panel has called on Canadians to take back control of their health system. The central message: We have to act now, not ‘wait for a grand bargain’ or any other political dithering → Read More
Opinion: The Bell Let’s Talk initiative has made a difference, but it’s time for action
Bell is ending its gimmicky nickel-a-tweet approach to fundraising, which is overdue, but we have to appreciate the impact the campaign has had on mental-health awareness over the past decade → Read More
Opinion: The COVID ‘Kraken’ has been released, but it’s not a variant – it’s our indifference
Instead of catastrophizing every new subvariant, we should be developing strategies for living with a constantly mutating virus → Read More
Opinion: What will the end of China’s ‘zero-COVID’ approach mean to the pandemic?
Three years after COVID emerged, the world’s attention is once again focused on China → Read More
Opinion: What, if anything, have we learned from the outburst of viral outbreaks?
Our response to COVID-19 this year – and the surge in other viral illnesses – shows us that we aren’t using our mitigation tools effectively enough → Read More
Opinion: Getting the most bang for your charitable buck isn’t easy
What is clear is that many health charities are struggling and overwhelmed, and lending a helping hand is more important than ever → Read More
Opinion: Hospitalizing homeless people with mental illness would just replace one failure for another
New York City’s plan to involuntarily hospitalize more homeless people with mental illness may be draconian, but it will be watched closely in cities across North America → Read More
Opinion: People with irremediable mental illness should not be denied access to assisted death
‘Are we ready for the expansion of MAID?’ is a question being asked a lot these days. But the real question is: ‘Will we ever be ready?’ → Read More
Opinion: Good science, bad politics: The mask mandate dilemma
Bringing back masking in public places makes sense scientifically, but not politically. That leaves public health officials in a pickle → Read More
Opinion: It’s well past time to get serious about health reform
Federal-provincial health talks collapsed for no good reason. Meanwhile, the health system itself is collapsing. → Read More
On health care, we need action, not petulance, from the Premiers
Canada’s health ministers just wrapped-up a few days of meetings in Vancouver with no agreement, because the Premiers stubbornly demanded more money with no strings attached → Read More