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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...

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The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with federal and provincial public health partners to investigate an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7, commonly called E.coli, with a possible link...

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Toronto health officials are advising customers of the Big Carrot Organic Juice Bar located at 348 Danforth Ave. in Toronto, Ontario, of a possible exposure risk to hepatitis A after an employee tested...

In a follow-up to the report on antibiotic-resistant Shigella infections in the United States one week ago, health officials in Ontario, Canada say Cipro and Septra resistant Shigella is also being reported...

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...

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Preliminary testing by the Province of Ontario has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza on a turkey farm near Woodstock, Ontario. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has placed the farm,...

In a follow up to a report last week, Fraser Health officials are reporting two additional measles cases in people that were on the same Air China Flight CA991, which arrived in Vancouver on March 21st...

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Health officials are reminding Saskatchewan residents to take precautions against hantavirus as the weather warms up. Hantavirus is transmitted by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the...

As of March 23, Toronto Public Health declared the measles outbreak over in Toronto. There were 10 lab-confirmed cases of measles in the city during the outbreak. Ensure you are protected against measles...