68 h. ago 155 new Ontario measles cases sees total infections exceed 800

Ontario is reporting 155 new measles cases over the last week, pushing the province’s case count to 816 since an outbreak began in the fall.

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9 d. ago ’Small decline’ in Ontario measles outbreak with 89 new cases reported

Ontario is reporting 89 new measles cases over the last week, bringing the province’s case count to 661 since an outbreak began in the fall. That’s compared to just over 100 new cases last week and 120 the week before. Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health physician at Public Health Ontario, said numbers “look to […]

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1 week ago 1.6K Ontario students suspended for old vaccination files amid measles outbreak

An Ontario public health unit has ordered the suspension of 1,624 elementary students for out-of-date vaccination records as a measles outbreak in the province continues.

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1 week ago Rate of new measles cases in Ontario stable, says province’s top doctor

Ontario's measles outbreak is likely to continue into the summer, the province's chief medical officer of health said Friday, but he is hopeful it will not worsen.

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2 w. ago Saskatchewan experts raise alarms over lack of mental health resources in schools

The challenge around mental health issues remain top of mind but for youth the challenges can be even greater with the lack of available resources in schools.

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2 w. ago ‘Discouraging’: Ontario measles outbreak rises to 572 cases, putting parents and educators on alert

More measles cases have been reported in Ontario over the last week than the total number of cases recorded in the decade between 2013 and 2023

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2 w. ago Ontario measles outbreak: Surge of 100 new cases in past week

That brings the total of reported cases in the province to 572 since the start of the year.

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2 w. ago Measles 'inevitable' in Ottawa, expert warns as Ontario outbreak spreads

Ottawa has begun monitoring wastewater for measles as Ontario's outbreak spreads.

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2 w. ago Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick source of Ontario measles outbreak

A measles outbreak that has infected scores of unvaccinated children in Southwestern Ontario reportedly had its start at a Mennonite religious gathering in New Brunswick last year. In a March 7 letter to Ontario’s health units, the province’s chief medical officer of  health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said there was “an exposure at a large gathering […]

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2 w. ago Ontario measles outbreak linked to New Brunswick Mennonite gathering

Dr. Kieran Moore wrote measles is 'disproportionately affecting some Mennonite, Amish, and other Anabaptist communities' because of under-immunization and exposures.

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3 w. ago Calls grow for Ontario to do more to tackle growing measles outbreak

On Thursday, Public Health Ontario reported a total of 470 measles cases, up from 120 cases the week before. Thirty-four people were in hospital and two in intensive care.

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3 w. ago Increase in Alberta measles cases ‘only the beginning,’ health advocates worry

A growing number of cases of measels in Alberta has health experts sounding the alarm about the low vaccination rate in the province.

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4 w. ago Amid measles outbreak in Ontario, RFK Jr.’s advice has Canadian experts alarmed

America's new top health official said the measles vaccine 'causes deaths every year' and 'all the illnesses measles itself causes'

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