Five news cases of measles were recorded during the week ending June 26 by Southwestern Public Health
A Southwestern Ontario public health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak has reported the fewest new weekly cases in months. The four new measles cases reported by Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas – between June 12 and 19, mark the lowest […]
Grey Bruce Public Health is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the owner of a dog involved in a biting incident on a Kincardine trail. Around 9:30 a.m. on June 15, a woman was bitten by a dog while walking on the Blue Trail, near the North Line Extension, west of Highway 21, according to a […]
Emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases of a once-rare condition that causes relentless vomiting among youth who use cannabis
An infant born prematurely after contracting measles in the womb has died in Southwestern Ontario, the province's top public-health official said on Thursday.
HURON – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special air quality statement as smoke from wildfires in the west begins clouding the Huron County area. The June 5 statement encompasses southern Huron County, Bluewater, Goderich, northern Huron County, Wingham and Blyth. According to a press release from Huron Perth public health, wildfire smoke […]
The public health office at the epicentre of Ontario’s measles outbreak has reported the lowest number of new infections in a week since April.
The London-area health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting more than 100 new infections in a week for the first time since the outbreak began in October. Southwestern Public Health reported 104 new measles cases in Elgin and Oxford counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas since May 8 on Thursday. The […]
A London-area pharmacist has been slapped with a three-month suspension over his dispensing of an emergency overdose prevention drug
A London-area public health office at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting its largest weekly surge in cases of the highly infectious disease since it began recording weekly statistics.