Radio-Canada podcast wins Michener Award for Lyme investigation (opens in new tab)

Science communicator Olivier Bernard and Radio-Canada won the Michener Award for the podcast series “Dérives – Le labyrinthe de Lyme,” which examined chronic Lyme disease diagnoses and the consequences of costly, potentially harmful treatments that La Presse described as unproven. The Globe and Mail said the podcast exposed a network of for-profit American and Canadian clinics that convinced patients they had Lyme disease. Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour presented the award. La Presse reported that t...