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Megan Ogilvie

Health Reporter

416-945-8742mogilvie@thestar.ca

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Megan Ogilvie is a Toronto-based health reporter for the Star. She has a graduate degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has spent much of her 15-year journalism career writing about science, health and medicine. She has authored three successful series for the Star, including the popular nutrition column, The Dish, and more recently, Tree of the Week. Her book, Menu Confidential, was shortlisted for a 2013 Taste Canada Award. Since March 2020, Megan has been a key member of the Star team covering the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Toronto

Reporting Focus:

Health and Medicine, Public Health, Health Policy, COVID-19 Pandemic

Honours and Awards :

Winner — Canadian Science Writers' Association, Science in Society in Journalism Award (2010)

Articles by Megan Ogilvie

A recent memo from Ontario’s Health Ministry, obtained by the Star, points to an increase in cases of the potentially deadly bacterial infection in the province and requests physicians be “on the alert” for the disease.

Ontario warns doctors to look out for invasive group A strep. Here’s what you need to know

Zen Mudhar, 14, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy uses the sensor array to control a car on a track.

How a Toronto hospital is using a brain-computer interface to help kids with disabilities play and paint — with their minds

“Our findings highlight the potential need for education on cannabis-related harms for pregnant people and their care providers, and for policy interventions aimed at reducing use,” the authors write.

Number of pregnant Ontarians requiring hospital treatment for cannabis use almost doubled since 2018

Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, pictured, and Matthew Anderson, president and CEO of Ontario Health, were to speak to reporters about the “layers of protection” ahead of the winter holidays and to the pressures on the health-care system.

The Ontario government offered the Star an interview with its top doctor. At the last minute, it was cancelled. We found out the real reason why

Danielle was left paralyzed by the 2018 Danforth shootings. Just a few years ago everything seemed hopeless to her.

The Danforth shooting left her body, and life, shattered. During COVID, she almost gave up. This is how she fought back

Cindy White, foreground, Dr. Lisa Richardson, left, and Christine Monague pose while burning smudge inside the labyrinth room at Women's College Hospital in Toronto.

Doctors at this Toronto hospital can now refer Indigenous patients to a traditional healer

Dr. Dawn Bowdish of McMaster University says those who’ve had a bivalent booster within the last six months can expect to have a “reasonably mild course of disease” with the new variant, “unless they are older or immunocompromised.”

A new COVID subvariant is spreading quickly. Here’s what you need to know