9 h. ago Education minister ‘concerned’ by vaccination rates amidst Ontario measles outbreak

The province has been dealing with a measles outbreak since the end of last year, with hundreds of new cases reported weekly. Some schools have suspended students.

Politics

4 d. 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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6 d. ago ‘Measles is only a car ride away!’ New York sounds alarm over Canada cases

As measles cases continue to rise in Canada, particularly in Ontario, one U.S. state is taking notice of the surge and warning its residents about travel.

Transport

6 d. ago New York warns travellers about Canada: ‘Measles is just a car ride away!’

As measles cases continue to rise in Canada, particularly in Ontario, one U.S. state is taking notice of the surge and warning its residents about travel.

Transport

1 week 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 Measles outbreak: More cases in London area; a glimmer of hope

A health unit near London at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak continues to see an increase in cases of the highly infectious disease. Here is the latest on the outbreak that has spread throughout Southwestern Ontario, including Middlesex-London. THE EPICENTRE Measles cases continue to climb in Oxford and Elgin counties that accounted for […]

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An Ontario public health unit has ordered the suspension of 1,624 elementary students for out-of-date vaccination records as a measles outbreak in the province continues.

Science

2 w. 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.

Science

2 w. ago Check your measles vaccination, B.C. urges, as Ontario and Texas outbreaks grow

Health officials said they were concerned about the potential for measles to spread in B.C. as families return from overseas vacations in virus hotspots during spring break.

Science

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 Ontario measles case count rises by a 100 in just a week, total reaches 572

Public Health Ontario is now reporting 572 confirmed and suspected cases since the outbreak began in October. That’s an increase of 102 cases since March 20.

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2 w. ago Ontario measles case count hits 572, up by more than 100 in week

Measles cases keep climbing in Ontario, as the province counts more than 100 new cases in the past week. Public Health Ontario is now reporting 572 confirmed and suspected cases since the outbreak began in October. More coming.

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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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3 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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3 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 Ottawa Public Health preparing for measles cases as surge continues in Ontario

Since an outbreak began last October, there have been 470 cases reported in Ontario by 11 different public health units.

Science

3 w. ago Ontario sees another sharp increase in measles cases over a week

Ontario has seen another sharp increase in measles cases over the last week as the highly infectious disease spreads among mostly unvaccinated people. 

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