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Health officials in Ontario, Canada have issued a public health warning due to hepatitis A being confirmed in a Alma restaurant employee. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is advising anyone who...

According to data published last week, Canadian health officials report 2,161 flu-related hospitalization during the 2014-2015 seasonal influenza season. In Canada, the flu season runs from week 35 (August...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) issued six Travel Health notices Friday as many Canadians flee the frigid weather and head down south for vacation or holiday. Travel notices were issued due...

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Ecomax Nutrition to recall Go Raw brand Organic Spicy Seed Mix from the marketplace, according to the CFIA. The affected product comes in a 454 g size with a Best Before Date of MAY/12/2015. The UPC...

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The Government of Canada has deployed a third mobile laboratory and two additional Public Health Agency of Canada scientists to Sierra Leone. The team will spend a week in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and...

The chikungunya outbreak in the western hemisphere accounted for well over 1 million autochthonous, or locally transmitted cases in 40 countries in the Americas in 2014, including the United States. North...

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The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting that in the two cases of Listeriosis from Ontario and Manitoba, the bacterium has the same genetic fingerprint as the bacterial strain seen in the United...

Agricultural officials in Saskatchewan, Canada are reporting a case of anthrax in a cow from the Rural Municipality of Hazel Dell No. 335, on December 5. Anthrax is the suspected cause of death in two...

The H5N2 avian influenza outbreak that was first reported by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in early December in the Fraser Valley area of British Columbia has now expanded to nine poultry...

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is continuing its investigation into an outbreak of avian influenza in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. As part of this investigation, two additional farms...