Tag: Middlesex-London Health Unit
The Middlesex-London Health Unit will be forced to cut staff and services as it faces a budget shortfall of more than $2.6 million, the agency’s chief executive said Monday.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit will be forced to cut staff and services as it faces a budget shortfall of more than $2.6 million, the agency’s chief executive said Monday.
COVID-19 booster: Who’s eligible, where they can get it
The new COVID-19 booster has arrived in London, just as respiratory virus season kicks off in the region.
In the London region, signs of COVID on the rise, again
Public health officials are warning of the risk of COVID as the region and the province document evidence of a rise in COVID cases.
First human West Nile case this summer reported in London area
London public health officials are reporting the first human case of West Nile Virus this summer, one of just a handful provincewide.
Inspectors playing catch-up as COVID demands ease, eateries ramp up
London-area health inspectors are busy making the rounds to eateries in the region, refocusing their efforts on the key public health program after years of pandemic-related disruptions.
Mosquitoes in London test positive for West Nile virus
Health officials urge the public to take steps to prevent bug bites after mosquitoes in London tested positive for the West Nile virus.
London-area health unit needs provincial funding boost: NDP MPPs
London’s three Opposition politicians at Queen’s Park are calling on the province to step up its spending as the London-area’s public health unit faces a critical funding gap.
Post-COVID cash crunch looms for London-area public health officials
The London-area health unit is pushing for stable provincial funding and readying a pitch for city hall budget talks as it braces for a “significant shortfall” in its budget next year.
A COVID-19 snapshot: From pandemic to endemic in London, region
Recorded London-area COVID-19 cases are near zero and deaths are down dramatically, but the virus that once stopped society in its tracks remains here and won’t ever go away, the region’s top public health official says.
Summers: London homeless crisis demands pandemic-like response
In late 2019, terrifying stories of a yet-to-be-named virus began to emerge from the other side of the world. By the spring of 2020, the impact had spread as we watched places like New York City and Lombardy, Italy, suffer through the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In London and Middlesex County, we collectively […]