The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Holiday Hours, Tool Library Moving, and Housing Repair Funds”
The word of the month at the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting was “innovation.” Many of the reports this month focused on how technological and digital tools are changing the way that public health, for want of a better term, does business, and that includes artificial intelligence. For some old school public health news, there was a report about sexual transmitted infections in the region last year. Let’s recap…! Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Focuses on Innovation and STIs in May”
The first day of May falls on a Wednesday, and since the monthly Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting is held on the first Wednesday of the month, we’re getting this one done early. At this meeting, prepare to learn about public health’s progress integrating new tech and processes into their procedures, plus how well they’re communicating and the regional picture when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for May 1, 2024”
There’s a wide variety of interesting topics in the realm of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health this April, which is a spring month. With spring here, there was a lot of talk about ticks and mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, but accident season is any season when it comes to the increasing rate of falls in our community. Also, there’s talk about Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer’s thoughts and an update about school suspensions. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Ticks, Falls, and Vices All at Issue at April’s Board of Health Meeting”
This month, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health will make the seasonal transition… to meeting in-person again! And speaking of seasonal, the big presentation of the month is going to be about bugs, the one’s that spread dangerous and life-threatening diseases. Also, there will be some annual reporting involving injuries and vaccine waste, plus some new reporting about rabies and a life-saving community service. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for April 3, 2024”
March came in like a lion at the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting, at least if you’re concerned about the return of measles to the infectious disease discourse. Dr. Nicola Mercer had some reassuring words about vaccinations and measles, and then there were some active discussions about TB and some important gaps in the community knowledge about the effect of cannabis use. Let’s dig into the recap of this month’s meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Public Health Hears a Warning of Measles, and Cannabis Misinformation”
Get crunk with this month’s meeting of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting! …Not really. Seriously though, the community’s thoughts about using cannabis and the effects of using cannabis are on the agenda as a report based on survey conducted by Public Health is presented. In other news, the board will talk about the roll out of seasonal vaccines, and other communicable diseases that are going around. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 6, 2024”
The first Board of Health meeting of the year featured a lot of information (as usual). Perhaps you’ve notice that Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has revamped the Check Before You Choose website, and you’ve probably noticed because more of you are consulting that site. There was also a post-Plowing Match report, a report about the importance of your meningitis shot, and a plea for more help to support dental health locally. Continue reading “RECAP: Public Health Tackles Inspections, Meningitis and Oral Health”
After taking January off, we’re back to the usual business of regional public health with this month’s Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health meeting. Coming up in the realm of public health this month is an update from the region’s top doctor, updates about the work of public health across a variety of areas, and changes to the board’s most public facing function, the health inspections. All that, and some elections too! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for February 7, 2024”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Holiday Hours, Summer Jobs and Donations Doubled”
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