The viral disease mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has become a worldwide threat once again. On Wednesday afternoon, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern, …
Health The World Health Organization (WHO) has named mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time, on the heels of a continental emergency declaration from African health …
Research published on Tuesday is the latest to suggest that the viral disease shingles can be harmful to our long-term brain health. Scientists have shown that people who have had …
Ottawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue wastewater monitoring after the province cuts funding to the program next month. At its meeting this …
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Premier Doug Ford’s government is scrapping Ontario’s program for sampling wastewater to monitor the level of COVID-19 in the population. The program measures how much of the virus that causes COVID-19 is …
A 50-year-old woman would suddenly fall asleep multiple times while getting ready for work, slurring her speech and falling. She went to emergency departments seven times in two years and was …
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Dr Shigeru Omi, a former regional director of the World Health Organization and chairman of the government’s advisory panel on the pandemic, had the outside of his office damaged in …
Early tests on milk being sold in Canada found no signs of the virus that causes a dangerous form of bird flu, federal officials say. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) …