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Sarah Newbery

@snewbery1.bsky.social
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Rural generalist physician | optimistic and hopeful | keen to explore rural health equity, health systems and community

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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse. Canadians were also clear in their resounding support where every Canadian has access to a publicly funded health care system.”
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nosmmdworkforce.bsky.social @nosmmdworkforce.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Residents of any Canadian postgrad training program: the Nor-Star program covers your travel and accommodation costs to complete electives in Northern Ontario Check out the opportunities on the NOSM U Medical Electives website here: www.nosm.ca/education/me... @snewbery1.bsky.social
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 11/11/2025
The impact that an anti-vax, anti-science provincial government can have on the entire country.
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Share your tail story this rural health week!
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Society of Rural Physicians of Canada @srpcanada.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Rural health professionals are more than providers, they’re neighbors, mentors, lifelines. Watch their stories & share yours! #RuralHealthWeek @rccbc.bsky.social
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Society of Rural Physicians of Canada @srpcanada.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
SRPC supports the CMA’s new policy on integrated health workforce planning and calls for urgent action on rural health. Read Our Response: srpc.ca/srpc-welcome... @cmadocs.bsky.social
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is really well done! Way to go @healthcareforreal.bsky.social!
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/09/2025
@apapsychiatric.bsky.social #medsky
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Health professionals across Canada are calling on the federal government to act on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss because our health depends on it. Add your name to the open letter: planetaryhealthday.ca
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National Day of Action on Planetary Health
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Rural health systems matter. And there is a lot we need to do to improve them including creating a national rural health workforce strategy to help enable rural health workforce stability and ER predictability. I’m glad to have worked w stellar teammates on this response.
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Doctors see patients in their offices who are vulnerable, and who have experienced challenges. Introducing an “ideological influence” does not help them. Read more from CMA President Dr. @jossreimer.bsky.social in the @theglobeandmail.com.
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Canadian Medical Association to file legal challenge over Alberta law limiting access to treatment for transgender youth
Bill 26, enacted in December, prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies to those under 16
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Canadian docs coming home… what a gift to Canada… so sad for the US.
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What’s next for health care in Canada? At #CMAHealthSummit 2025, experts tackled policy shifts, AI, advancing Indigenous self-determination and cross-border impacts in the era of Trump. With an election already in motion, these discussions were more important than ever. Catch the highlights here 👇
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Health Summit 2025: The Politics of Change
Just days into a federal election campaign, hundreds of physicians, medical learners, policy-makers and people with lived experience gathered in Ottawa and online to talk about Canada’s evolving polit...
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Ken Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I hope administrators, politicians & the media will watch this video to finally put an end to the Zombie Idea that non-urgent patients are responsible for ED crowding and addressing these patients needs will fix the crowding problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4hZ...
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Full Episode | Zombie Ideas in the Emergency Department | S05-E09
YouTube video by Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Rural communities matter. Rural docs and teams have come through the pandemic with new challenges, but also seeing new opportunities as championed by SRPC. We are in this together... let's champion change for rural clinicians, teams and communities! championingchange.srpc.ca
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It’s hard to keep up with U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. But one thing is certain: the health and wellness of Canadians will suffer as a result of any trade dispute, and this stark reality has raised alarms with physicians across the country. Read more 🔻
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Eight in 10 doctors concerned about impact of tariffs on patients
It’s hard to keep up with U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. But according to a recent survey of physicians by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), what is clear is t...
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nosmmdworkforce.bsky.social @nosmmdworkforce.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Congratulations to our newly matched residents! To all those of you who matched to NOSM U programs, we look forward to welcoming you to N. Ontario! To all our NOSM U students who have matched elsewhere, we look forward to welcoming you back when your training is done!
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Such good work being done to support clinicians through advocacy and education re misinformation and many other things. Thanks @cmadocs.bsky.social for being in some positive SoMe spaces.
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
So grateful for women colleagues near and far in Canada … for their care, their friendship, their leadership, their courage. Thank you for all you do. ❤️
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Wonderful to see this! Pharmacare investments have the potential to change lives and decrease costs in other sectors! Let’s see more of this important work! @cmadocs.bsky.social
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
There are myriad opportunities to work in Ontario. Like BC, we should be marketing hard to skilled doctors who need a new place to practice. @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. trying to recruit U.S. doctors amid Trump health-care uncertainties | CBC News
The B.C. government's throne speech last week indicated that the province would be targeting U.S. health-care professionals in a bid to shore up the provincial system — at a time when a Canada-based p...
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Brilliant and beautiful!
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Janet Maher @janetemaher.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Yep. Health care is an investment not a cost and #northerners need cardiac and obstetric care #closetohome #onpoli #onhealth
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge proposes almost doubling public CBC funding, ending advertising and subscriptions. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnmedia #journalism
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Heritage Minister proposes almost doubling public CBC funding, ending advertising and subscriptions
Pascale St-Onge calls for new mandate for the public broadcaster to legally enshrine funding on a per capita basis
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Rick MacDonald MD @kidsdoc1.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Sorry about the waiting but every child unvaccinated for this year’s Influenza is now streaming in. 🤧😪
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a young boy is covering his face with his hands while a man walks in the background .
ALT: a young boy is covering his face with his hands while a man walks in the background .
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thanks @tvotoday.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about health care in Ontario today. It’s a key election issue and it should be.
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The EIS are the disease detectives who get dispatched around the world when the infectious disease shit hits the fan. They are an elite group (no coincidence that alumni are disproportionately represented in CDC leadership. The Navy SEALs of public health
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Rebecca Solnit is a wise, clear voice in turbulent times and her “meditations in an emergency” is brilliant.
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WHO @who.int · 17/02/2025
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk. More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year. bit.ly/48SAtkf
Measles is preventable with two doses of measles vaccine; yet more than 22 million children missed their first dose of measles vaccine in 2023. Globally, an estimated 83% of children received their first dose of measles vaccine last year, while only 74% received the recommended second dose.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/02/2025
"How can leaders make evidence informed decisions if there is no evidence?" A US researcher in the federal system talks about what the past few weeks have been like, as data have been pulled and colleagues put on administrative leave www.bmj.com/content/388/...
A participant in NIH funded research
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Don’t be caught up in the rhetoric of “American is better” for health care. It is not. Spend 1 minute of your time to remains yourself why the Canadian system - while imperfect - is worth fighting for!
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I Ran USAID. Killing It Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere. It's one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history, by Samantha Power www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #GlobalHealth
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“Caring for Canadians: Canada’s Future Health Workforce… “ is a first-of-it’s-kind report for Canada. It is a call to action & something against which we can measure our progress. It matters to all Canadians & will matter a lot to the future of rural Canada. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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Caring for Canadians: Canada’s Future Health Workforce – The Canadian Health Workforce Education, Training and Distribution Study - Canada.ca
Summary findings and recommendations from the pan-Canadian study on our health workforce.
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hey America, given that the CDC's Guide to Taking a Sexual History has been removed from its website, feel free to use this open-access one instead. It is scheduled to be updated, but has the essential elements: learnfm.ucalgary.ca/wp-content/u... I'm sorry the CDC seems to be being erased.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Young people can see through the BS of politicians www.teenvogue.com/story/rfk-he...
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Future Doctors and Science Students Are Trying to Stop RFK From Becoming Health Secretary
“As young people, we have unique concerns about RFK and what his confirmation would mean for our future.”
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We can do so much better for rural, remote, and indigenous communities in Canada. The SRPC is calling for some key actions for the next federal election. srpc.ca/briefing-not...
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Briefing Note: Strategic Priorities for the Next Federal Election - SRPC
Enhancing Canada’s Rural Health Workforce Through Effective Health Human Resource Planning and a National Rural Health Workforce Strategy Access to health care in rural communities The crisis in rural...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Tanya Talaga is the 2025 recipient of the Canadian Journalism Foundation's Tribute Award, one of the highest honours in #journalism. Few have done more to bring #Indigenous stories to the mainstream. www.newswire.ca/news-release... @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com #reconciliation
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
If you’re kicking off the new year with new health resolutions, a friendly reminder: a lot of wellness information is bunk. @jonathanstea.bsky.social on the wild world of alternative medicine: thewalrus.ca/wellness-ind... via @thewalrus.ca
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The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick | The Walrus
Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care for everyone. It’s easier than a pony, by Karen Palmer, @bernardho.bsky.social www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/1... via @hilltimes.com @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social #cdnhealth
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All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care
Medically necessary care should be publicly funded for everyone, not just those who choose to pay, or the 25 per cent with private employer-funded insurance. It’s easier than a pony.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Ontario reported 63 total cases of measles in 2024, the highest in recent years. Of the 43 cases in children: *40 unvaccinated *1 had a single dose *2 with unknown vaccination status *7 children hospitalized Best to stay up to date with routine immunizations tinyurl.com/mpkaaax4
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Melissa Lem @drmelissalem.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“There’s almost no medical condition that nature doesn’t make better.” Nice to see #PaRx show up in @duke-university.bsky.social's Vertices Magazine today. 'Tis the season to get outside! #healthybynature @cape-acme.bsky.social
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Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦 @ritamc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Yup. The last thing a primary care access crisis needs is recruitment of family physicians out of the public system.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
B.C.’s decision to make #contraception free led to a spike in women choosing long-acting options like IUDs, which are better than the pill at preventing unwanted pregnancies, new data show, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ReproRights
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UBC research shows increase in birth-control use after province made contraception free
Researchers noted a significant shift to IUDs, implants and other types of long-acting birth control as soon as those products became 100 per cent publicly funded
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected. And we wouldn't do the same for any other infectious disease,” Vipond said. www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/o...
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Over 300 COVID outbreaks hit Alberta acute care facilities last year
Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes artificial intelligence can do the same for others. CHEO using #AI to help diagnose #RareDisorders. www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social
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He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others | CBC Radio
Ian Stedman champions using artificial intelligence to diagnose more people with rare diseases after it took him 32 years and extraordinary effort to pinpoint his own rare disease. Now eastern Ontario's children's hospital is doing just that.
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Sarah Newbery @snewbery1.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Thanks Ken! I’m really looking forward to it! See you there!
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Melissa Lem @drmelissalem.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"We do not need to follow the status quo of this dying [extractive] economy, we can lead anew. After all, we are nations — not corporations." Powerful words from @janellelapointe.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca. thenarwhal.ca/energy-econo...
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Can a new B.C. government imagine real economic reconciliation? | The Narwhal
Indigenous nations in B.C. deserve true justice, not tired frameworks
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