Hamilton Public Health is responding to an E. coli outbreak at Valens Lake Conservation Area. There have been seven confirmed cases of E. coli related to Valens Lake Conservation area, with one of the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials with Waikato DHB are reporting 12 confirmed mumps cases with nearly all probably exposed at the same location at Static, 5 Hood St, Hamilton on Saturday 12 October....

Hamilton, Ontario health officials report  investigating an increasing trend in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases, and invasive Group A strep (iGAS) cases among people who inject drugs in Hamilton. Between...

City of Hamilton’s Public Health Services is investigating several cases of Legionnaires’ disease. Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia that is caused by legionella, a bacterium found primarily...

The City of Hamilton Public Health Services received confirmation of the first positive rabid bat case this year. Nearly all human cases of rabies in Canada over the past several years have been a result...

Waikato health officials are advising the public of a measles exposure at an event in Hamilton last weekend. A measles case attended while infectious, a regional Tainui Waka Kapa Haka festival held Saturday...

Hamilton health officials have reported 17 animal rabies cases in Mar. 2016 to date, bringing the total to 65 in the city since Dec. 2015. Prior to this, the province of Ontario hasn’t seen a scourge...

Hamilton Public Health Services is investigating a confirmed case of measles in a Hamilton adult. This person most likely caught measles while travelling, however, there may have been exposures in public...