Tag: Canada Health
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Heart Disease Returns as Global Killer: A Wake-Up Call on Chronic Conditions
Global killer reasserts itself: heart disease, stroke reclaim top spots A new global picture of mortality released in The Lancet highlights a sobering shift: chronic, non-communicable diseases — led by heart disease and stroke — are reclaiming the title of the world’s leading causes of death. COVID-19, once the dominant narrative, has fallen from the…
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Ontario Declares End to Measles Outbreak After Almost a Year
Ontario Declares End to Long-Running Measles Outbreak Ontario has declared the end of a measles outbreak that began nearly a year ago, according to a weekly Public Health Ontario epidemiology report. The decision follows national guidance that marks an outbreak as complete 46 days after the onset of a rash in the last case. How…
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Ontario declares measles outbreak over after more than 2,300 infections
Ontario declares measles outbreak over after 2,375 infections The Public Health Ontario epidemiology report confirms that the measles outbreak in Ontario is officially over. The declaration follows national guidance that an outbreak is considered complete 46 days after the onset of a rash in the last linked case. The final case’s rash was recorded on…
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Waterloo Region Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case of the Year
Waterloo Region Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case of the Year The Region of Waterloo Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the area for this year. Officials say last year marked the region’s inaugural human case, and this year’s case makes it the second-ever local occurrence…
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Alberta Measles Outbreak: Infant Death Shocks Province
Tragic infant death tied to measles in Alberta An infant has died in Alberta as a result of measles, a grim development amid the province’s ongoing outbreak. The tragedy underscores the seriousness of the disease and the public health challenges that come with it. In a written statement, Alberta’s Minister of Primary Health Care and…