Tag: Middlesex-London Health Unit
London experts explain looming forest-fire smoke, how bad it may get
The answer to ending the smoky haze caused by Ontario and Quebec wildfires and lingering over many of the province’s urban centres – including London – may be blowing in the wind.
Are you ready for record-breaking heat, London? (You need to be)
The dog days of summer have arrived early in the London region.
Area dental clinic for low-income seniors set to open
Middlesex-London Health Unit is weeks away from opening a dental clinic for low-income seniors in Strathroy.
Western Fair vaccination clinic taking patients three days a week
The hours at the Western Fair District COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic have changed, according to a statement from the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
Healthy food beyond reach for many low-income Londoners: Health unit
Londoners on welfare seeking nutritious meals would spend nearly half their monthly income doing so, a new health unit report says, as stagnant social assistance rates and skyrocketing grocery costs put basic needs out of reach for the city’s poor. A new report by the Middlesex-London Health Unit is quantifying just how financially unattainable healthful […]
Officials issue low-risk hepatitis A warning involving fast-food worker
Middlesex-London Health Unit received lab confirmation of a hepatitis A case Tuesday evening involving an employee of a Tim Hortons restaurant in north London.
A renewed COVID vaccine call for area seniors, immunocompromised
We may want to forget about COVID-19 and move on from the pandemic, but the virus is still hanging around, begging for attention.
1,110 London-area students suspended over vaccination status
Suspensions have been issued for about 1,100 London-area elementary and high schools students as their deadline for being fully vaccinated came due Wednesday.
Summers: Simple steps to reduce risk of cannabis poisoning in children
Children may not be the first group you think of when considering the health risks of edible cannabis products.
One in five area deaths linked to smoking, alcohol: Health unit
Alcohol and smoking-related illnesses account for at least one in five deaths in the London area each year, a new report by the local health unit shows, a low-ball estimate of the real toll from the vices, officials warn.