Several critical Canadian elections are being held in the months to come and voters will go to the polls federally in October 2019. Today in The Conversation Canada, Sara Bannerman of McMaster University warns the type of social media-fuelled election interference that may have swayed results in the 2016 U.S. presidential election could happen in Canada if governments and politicians don’t act. “The Liberal government and all political parties should put in place regulations to help safeguard the integrity of our democracy by ensuring the actions of social media companies will withstand public scrutiny,” she writes in a passionate argument against trusting companies like Facebook and Twitter to self-regulate.

Yesterday, our gross-out story involved eating crickets. Today, brace yourself – it’s eye worms. A stomach-churning viral video of an Oregon woman removing cattle eyeworms from her eyes has renewed interest in parasites that jump from animals to humans. Katie M. Clow of the University of Guelph tells us how it happens.

And finally, Saturday is World TB Day, and eradicating the disease finally looks like an achievable goal, writes Madhukar Pai of McGill University. But he emphasizes that ridding the world of tuberculosis will require political leaders to step up with cash and actions to match their public declarations.

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