Category Archives: Health Reporting

The Petri Dish

Sometimes I’m left wondering how Google comes up with their google doodles. Today’s was fantastic, but I wonder why they decided to celebrate the 161st birthday of the man behind the Petri dish … I mean why not the 160th? … Continue reading

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Flu immunization clinics on hold

So Saskatchewan is placing the flu clinics on hold while Health Canada investigates the efficacy of the immunization made by the pharmaceutical firm Novartis. I had two immediate thoughts when I heard this. The first was concern, as I had … Continue reading

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HIV Grand Rounds

Time flies when you are having fun or something like that anyway. I had plans to post this ages ago, but ran out of time/procrastinated. It’s a short video introducing some of the people from my project the Face of … Continue reading

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The Grandest Challenge

The Grandest Challenge Symposium was well worth the trip to Toronto. Along with hearing the inspiring messages from people such as James Orbinski, founder of Dignitas International, and Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada, I realized it is okay … Continue reading

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Talk with your Mouth Full

After the big move to Saskatoon, which happened in early December, and my first real holiday in years, I’m back into the journalism groove. Since getting back I’ve realized that the number of resources about HIV is increasing. Saskatchewan’s Provincial … Continue reading

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