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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 3:59 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario has announced that flu shots will be available in a few weeks for the most vulnerable people, including long-term care home residents, and at the end of …
Read More »First human rabies case reported in Ontario after almost 60 years
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health officials in Ontario are scrambling after the first human case of rabies was reported in the province for almost 60 years. The case was confirmed on Friday by Brant County Health Unit, located west of Hamilton, which said it believed the …
Read More »Ontario public health units show interest and concern over plans to merge
Local councillors and mayors in Ontario are signalling an uneasy willingness to get behind a provincial push to merge some public health units as the Ford government rolls out aggressive timelines to get the process underway by early 2025. As many as nine groupings of public health units have suggested …
Read More »Hospital staff overworked, support from province needed, Ontario union says
Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system. CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions said Wednesday that understaffing is taking …
Read More »Could prescription contraception be free in Ontario? Ford government signals willingness
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government has signalled it is open to supporting an opposition plan that would cover contraception for free under the province’s health insurance. A group of Ontario NDP politicians unveiled a motion Thursday to expand OHIP coverage to include prescription contraception, …
Read More »Some Ontario hospitals reinstating masking requirements
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2023 1:01 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says on its website that masking is now mandatory …
Read More »Ontario doctors weigh in on screen time and vaccinations ahead of back-to-school
As parents in Ontario prepare to send their children back to school, a group of Ontario doctors is outlining some of the risks that remain in the classroom and how to combat them. The upcoming school year will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared over and …
Read More »Ontario government plans to recoup COVID-19 loans to province’s doctors
TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back. The Ontario government laid out plans to recoup the money in …
Read More »Ontario government sets aside $22 billion in ‘excess funds’: watchdog
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years. The province’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a long-term spending forecast, based on the government’s …
Read More »Pediatric drug shortage led to dosing errors in Ontario children, research shows
TORONTO — The shortage of pediatric medication in Canada last year led to a spike of dosing errors in children in Ontario, new research shows. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined the effect of the shortage of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which forced parents …
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