Ottawa is at the start of a new COVID-19 wave fuelled by the so-called Kraken subvariant, according to one of the city’s leading wastewater researchers.…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored what public health can do to improve health outcomes and health equity in communities when it is well-funded, the former…
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Canadians pride ourselves on having a universal publicly funded health-care system. But one notable exception to this is the provision of assisted human reproduction (AHR)…
Ottawa Public Health has confirmed the city’s first case of monkeypox. Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa Citizen for more!
It’s a daily number that, in the words of CHEO CEO Alex Munter, “some people check more than the weather forecast.” Read More Source: Visit…
Here’s Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, speaking at a news conference Wednesday: “COVID transmission is still occurring and masks can protect…
Ontario’s health minister has announced she won’t be running for re-election in June. Christine Elliott has served as health minister and deputy premier since Premier…
Ontario reported 331 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with 195 cases in people who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, and 136…
Ontario reported 422 new COVID-19 cases Monday, with 261 cases in people who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, and 161…