Category: Grey/Bruce
Most vulnerable in Grey-Bruce can get latest COVID-19 booster now
A new and improved COVID-19 vaccine that tackles both the original pandemic virus and subsequent Omicron variants is now available for the most vulnerable people in Grey-Bruce, the Grey Bruce Health Unit has announced. The vaccine is available for residents in long-term care, retirement homes and other congregate settings that provide assisted-living and health services, […]
Pace of local suspected drug deaths slowing, events planned
Community events marking International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31 come amid a series of local deaths which have slowed this year over last. Statistics show 28 people died by fentanyl or another opioid overdose in Grey-Bruce last year. But those are just coroner-confirmed cases. There were actually 46 suspected drug deaths in Grey-Bruce last […]
Suspected drug fatality in the city Thursday
Someone in their mid-30’s died of a suspected drug overdose in Owen Sound Thursday, which prompted the health unit urge people who use drugs not to use them alone. There has been an ongoing trend this month of multiple overdoses in Grey-Bruce, with public health issuing three opioid alerts in August. This is the first […]
Bird in Lion’s Head infected with West Nile, no known human cases
West Nile virus has been found in a dead Cooper’s hawk in Lion’s Head but there have been no reported cases in people anywhere in Ontario as of Aug. 6. The hawk was submitted for testing in late July, the Grey Bruce Health Unit said in a news release Tuesday. It’s the first bird to […]
COVID vaccine for small children now available in Grey-Bruce
The pediatric COVID-19 vaccine Moderna Spikevax is available for children aged six months to five years in Grey-Bruce, at weekly health unit clinics, pharmacies, from family doctors and other primary-care providers. This vaccine is authorized by Health Canada for children within this youngest and latest group of children approved to receive a COVID vaccine, a Grey Bruce Health Unit […]