Tag: vaccines
Bat from Grey-Bruce tests positive for rabies
A bat from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for rabies and a person who was potentially exposed to the virus is receiving post-exposure treatment. The little brown bat, which is the first animal rabies case in Grey-Bruce in 2024, was submitted for testing earlier this week as part of Grey Bruce Public Health’s investigation into a […]
London hospital staffer fired over COVID-19 vaccine getting job back
Article content A London hospital worker fired three years ago for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 will get her job back, an arbitrator ruled. The
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.
Sims: COVID isn’t in the rear-view mirror, much as we would like it to be
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns may not be the big news they were during the pandemic, but, to remind us the virus will be with us always, the Middlesex-London health unit is ramping up for a springtime targeted booster blitz for the most vulnerable.
Two local communities had 40% of Ontario’s recent whooping cough cases
The public health unit for Elgin and Oxford counties is warning of a “dramatic rise” in the number of whooping cough cases in the last two months.
Area COVID vaccine clinics to close after doling out nearly 500K doses
After nearly two years of operation and a half-million doses administered, Southwestern Public Health will close its COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics this month.
‘Treated fairly’: Western ombudsman details student COVID vaccine fallout
Roughly three-dozen Western University students last year contacted their ombudsperson with concerns over the school’s on-campus COVID-19 vaccine mandate – some of whom were forced to take a leave from their studies for violating the requirement.
‘So random’: Western’s reversal on COVID vaccination surprises students
Western University’s sudden dropping of its vaccine mandate has left students wondering, why now?
Mt. Brydges, Westmount mall COVID-19 vaccine clinics closing
The London-area health unit is closing two of its COVID-19 vaccination clinics next month.