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Canada: Measles case confirmed in Region of Peel, Case called locally acquired

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials in the Region of Peel, Ontario report investigating one lab-confirmed, locally acquired case of measles in a child without a link to another case and no travel history. Peel...

Toronto officials report 117% increase in raccoon bites in 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with Toronto Public Health (TPH) are advising residents to avoid physical contact with raccoons and all other wild animals due to a significant increase in the number of...

Ontario: Hepatitis A confirmed at RattleSnake Point Golf Club Bistro in Milton

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  Halton Region Public Health has been notified of a case of hepatitis A in a food handler who worked at the RattleSnake Point Golf Club Bistro located at 5407 Regional Road 25 in Milton, between...

Vancouver health officials warns of possible hepatitis A risk at McDonalds

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Vancouver Coastal Health is notifying people who dined at McDonald’s (3695 Lougheed Hwy, Vancouver) about a possible exposure to hepatitis A on the following dates and times: April...

Toronto officials investigate measles case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Toronto Public Health (TPH) is investigating a lab-confirmed travel-related case of measles in an adult. Residents are reminded that the measles virus is circulating in many countries...

Canada: Salmonella outbreak in 8 provinces linked to snakes and feeder rodents

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada is investigating an outbreak occurring in eight provinces of Salmonella infections linked to snakes and feeder rodents. As of April 13, 2023, there...

Canada: Measles case confirmed in Halifax municipality, Nova Scotia

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Nova Scotia Health Public Health, in coordination with the IWK Health Centre, is investigating a confirmed case of measles in the Halifax Regional Municipality area. As part of the...

Canada: British Columbia lifts mask mandate in health-care facilities, Proof of vaccination to enter long-term care

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last Thursday, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, issued the following statement on the end of the respiratory season and spring...

Canada: Dog tests positive for avian influenza in Ontario

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, confirmed on April 1, 2023, that a domestic dog in Oshawa, Ontario has tested positive...

Syphilis in babies: Canada reports large increase over four year period

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada recently reported in a infographic in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) that the number of infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis...