Tag: Vaccination
No new confirmed cases of measles in Grey-Bruce, so far
Symptoms can include high fever, cold-like symptoms such as cough and runny nose, sore eyes and sensitivity to light.
Potential measles exposure at Owen Sound hospital emerg
Grey Bruce Public Health is advising the community of a possible measles exposure after a local resident with the virus attended the emergency department at the Owen Sound hospital on April 2 and 3. Public health has identified the ED at the Brightshores Health System hospital as a potential measles exposure location during their contract-identification […]
Measles outbreak: More cases in London area; a glimmer of hope
A health unit near London at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak continues to see an increase in cases of the highly infectious disease. Here is the latest on the outbreak that has spread throughout Southwestern Ontario, including Middlesex-London. THE EPICENTRE Measles cases continue to climb in Oxford and Elgin counties that accounted for […]
As bird flu wreaks havoc in the Midwest, researchers say vaccines offer a way out
This article is the first in a series called The Great Lakes Promise: Cost, Resilience and Refuge. This series was made possible in partnership between Great Lakes Now and Planet Detroit.
Bird flu has hit the Great Lakes region hard this winter, killing nearly 5 million birds — including laying hens, ducks and other fowl — in Ohio and Indiana in the past two months.
Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick source of Ontario measles outbreak
A measles outbreak that has infected scores of unvaccinated children in Southwestern Ontario reportedly had its start at a Mennonite religious gathering in New Brunswick last year. In a March 7 letter to Ontario’s health units, the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said there was “an exposure at a large gathering […]