The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Gregory Taylor, yesterday announced a $4.5 million USD contract between the Government of Canada and...

In a follow-up to a story last week, Canadian health officials said yesterday the multi-province Salmonella outbreak has increased by seven cases. In addition, the number of provinces reporting cases...

Following reports of a mumps outbreak in two Guelph high schools, the first cases in five years, Grey Bruce health authorities are reporting the first known case of tetanus in an unvaccinated child. The...

Health Canada is warning consumers that an unauthorized drug, “Stiff Rock” promoted for male sexual performance enhancement was seized from Boutique Érotique 5ieme avenue (also known as Boutique Érotique...

Preliminary testing by the Province of Ontario has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza on a second farm in Oxford County, Ontario. The farm is a broiler breeder chicken farm. The Canadian Food...

With all the news about measles in the United States, we tend to forget about our neighbors to the north and their battle with the vaccine-preventable disease. While the Centers for Disease Control and...

With reports of avian influenza spreading across the United States and Canada, researchers with the University of Guelph in Ontario have developed a simple and effective portable tool to predict avian...

Passengers on a second flight from Beijing to Vancouver may be at risk of contracting measles. A person diagnosed with measles over the weekend exposed people on Air China/Air Canada Flight #CA 991/AC...

While the United States saw well over 2,000 West Nile virus (WNV) cases and 85 fatalities during 2014, our neighbors to the north saw just a tiny fraction of that amount. According to the Public Health...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability  that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates...