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      The Lancet, November 21, 2025
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      Nature, September 5, 2025
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      The Lancet, August 16, 2025
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      The Lancet, November 21, 2025
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      The Lancet, August 16, 2025
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      The Lancet, August 16, 2025
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      The Lancet, May 9, 2025
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      The Lancet, November 21, 2025
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      Nature, September 5, 2025
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      The Lancet, August 16, 2025
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      The trillium, November 27, 2024
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      The trillium, September 27, 2024
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      The Lancet, February 17, 2024
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      The Walrus, July 21, 2022
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      Nature, March 14, 2022
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      In the Hills, September 15, 2020
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      The Lancet, February 20, 2019
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      Prospect TV, June 2, 2011
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      Prospect TV, June 1, 2011
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      SWR German Public Television, February 8, 2010

  • November 21, 2025 Canadian vaccination gaps spur measles

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  • September 5, 2025 Digital Twins: Clinical trials transformed

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  • August 16, 2025 Canada’s “status quo” tobacco settlement

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  • May 9, 2025 Trump dumps AI regulations

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  • April 15, 2025 Can AI brain implants make us smarter?

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  • December 15, 2024 Clinical trials that will reshape medicine in 2025

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  • November 27, 2024 Indigenous Consultations: Ontario’s Superhighway Bypass

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  • October 18, 2024 Conjuring-up crime data to attack safe drug consumption sites

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  • September 27, 2024 Ditching Nature: Ontario’s Superhighway Secrets

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  • August 10, 2024 Olympic Sugardaddies Called to Account

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  • December 7, 2023 STAT Dec 7 2023 – AI and reproductive freedom: The big tech threat

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  • November 30, 2023 Chatbot medicine comes of age: Nature Medicine Nov 30 2023

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  • September 8, 2023 Are medical chatbots safe? Nature Medicine Sept 8 2023

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  • August 28, 2023 Trashing nature for highway land speculation: Toronto Star Aug 28 2023

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PAUL C. WEBSTER


Recent Publications

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Canadian vaccination gaps spur measles

The Lancet
November 21, 2025

The Lancet Nov 21 2025 Canada Loses Measles Free Status

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Digital Twins: Clinical trials transformed

Nature
September 5, 2025

2025 Nature Medicine Sept 5 2025 Digital Twins

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Canada’s “status quo” tobacco settlement

The Lancet
August 16, 2025

The Lancet Aug 15 2025 Canadian Tobacco Settlement

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Trump dumps AI regulations

The Lancet
May 9, 2025

The Lancet May 9 2025 Healthcare AI Deregulation

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Can AI brain implants make us smarter?

Nature
April 15, 2025

Can AI-powered brain–computer interfaces boost human intelligence?

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Clinical trials that will reshape medicine in 2025

Nature
December 15, 2024

11 Clinical Trials that will shape medicine in 2025

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PAUL C. WEBSTER

Paul Webster is a freelance writer and documentary film director based in Argentina and Canada.

He has reported from more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Eurasia.

Paul's work in film has appeared on the Arte, BBC, CBC, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, National Geographic, Slice, SWR and Vision Television networks.

Among the awards for Paul’s writing listed below, he has also won four national magazine awards.

At the University of Toronto, Paul teaches Canada’s only course in freelance science, medicine and public health writing. To enrol, or for more information, click here.

Awards

Corporate Canada’s Indigenous Agonies – SABEW 2020 Business Awards Honourable Mention

Report on Business Magazine, February 22, 2019
AwardsBusinessDiseases of NeglectEnvironmentIndigenous Business RightsIndigenous HealthInternational Development

“Big Pharma vs Everyone”: Winner — 2017 Sanofi Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism

Report on Business Magazine, August 17, 2017
Access to Affordable MedicinesAwardsDrug PoliticsGeriatric HealthHealthcare Politics

Untreated prison hepatitis: Winner — 2016 Michener-Deacon Investigative Journalism Fellowship

Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 14, 2016
Access to Affordable MedicinesAwardsDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsEpidemics & PandemicsHealthcare in PrisonsHealthcare PoliticsHepatitis NeglectIndigenous Health

Adverse Reactions — 2014 Western Magazine Award Winner

September 26, 2014
Awards

Adverse Reactions: Winner – 2014 Sanofi Pasteur Medal of Excellence in Health Research Journalism

May 22, 2014
Access to Affordable MedicinesAddiction, Depression, Psychosis, SchizophreniaAwardsCanadian Science PolicyDiseases of NeglectDrug PoliticsHealthcare PoliticsMedically-Induced Opioid AddictionScience

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