Tag: Monkeypox

RECAP: Board of Health Covers A Lot of Non-COVID Business

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The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health spent their March meeting looking at a variety of public heath issues from updates about the unit’s privacy measures to the results of a survey of area students to the effect of the Our Food Future office on goals of healthy and nutritious eating locally. Plus, there was an update on some other viruses that have been making the news lately. Here’s the recap of the March meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Covers A Lot of Non-COVID Business” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 1, 2023

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This month’s Board of Health meeting will cover a wide-variety of community health matters, and some regular business for the health unit. Looking forward to summer? You will get to hear about preparations for diseases spread by insects while the epidemics of hunger and food insecurity will also be discussed in a presentation from the Smart City’s office. This is what’s on the agenda for March’s meeting… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 1, 2023” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #330 – Still COVID (Series Finale)

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It was at the beginning of March 2020 when Dr. Mercer first appeared on the Guelph Politicast to talk about COVID-19: What would happen if, and when, COVID-19 came to Canada? A few weeks later, COVID was here. After that, Dr. Mercer became a regular guest on this podcast, stopping by once every quarter to talk about the pandemic, and now we have arrived at this, the final edition of “Still COVID.” Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #330 – Still COVID (Series Finale)” →

First Case of Monkeypox Found Locally

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The inevitable announcement of the first case of monkeypox in our public health coverage area should come with the declaimer that residents should not panic since this disease doesn’t spread anywhere close to as easily as the recent virus that caused a global pandemic. But having said that, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has identified a local case of monkeypox, and anyone with skin-to-skin contact with such a patient should be aware. Continue reading “First Case of Monkeypox Found Locally” →

Public Health Canada Confirms Monkeypox in Canada

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Monkeypox has officially landed. It had been suspected in the Montreal area along with other locations in the U.S. and Europe, but late Thursday night, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed that there are definitely two cases of the virus in the region. Although this virus is only fatal in a very small portion of cases, the idea that this could be another public health crisis on the coat tails of a global pandemic has people concerned. Continue reading “Public Health Canada Confirms Monkeypox in Canada” →