Tag: health
Ontario expanding faster 2nd vaccine doses for all adults, youth in...
TORONTO — All adults in Ontario and youth in hot spots for the Delta COVID-19 variant will soon be eligible for accelerated second vaccine...
Ontario announces framework designations for regions to reopen Tuesday
TORONTO — Pandemic restrictions will loosen in 27 Ontario health units next week as the province moves ahead with a reopening plan criticized in...
Town’s workplace outbreak over, as Georgina’s active COVID-19 cases drop below...
By: Mike Anderson
The Town of Georgina’s recent workplace outbreak at the Civic Centre, the result of two employees testing positive for COVID-19, was declared...
Ontario reports 243 new COVID-19 cases, and 24 more deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 243 new COVID-19 cases today, and 24 more deaths.
That brings the province to a total of 30,860 cases —...
Ontario trumpets digital health strategy with video visits, online bookings
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliiott says in about two years, patients will be able to book more appointments online and review...
Ontario starts merging health agencies, fires nine LHIN executives
TORONTO — Ontario is starting to merge the province’s major health agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth under one umbrella and firing the...
Health Canada ‘actively monitoring’ U.S. vaping illness breakthrough
OTTAWA — Canadian health officials say they are closely monitoring an apparent U.S. breakthrough into the cause of a mysterious vaping illness.
The U.S. Centers...
Health minister urges Ontarians to get flu shots
TORONTO — Health Minister Christine Elliott is urging Ontarians to get their flu shots, saying that last year 5,000 people in the province were...
Editorial: Georgina’s Health Care Crisis?
By: Mike Anderson
The Georgina Community Heath Care Council's (GCHCC) recent struggle to secure funding for a permanent home for the Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic...
Christine Elliott downplays Premier Ford’s health care comments
TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says it may take longer than the year promised by Premier Doug Ford to end overcrowding within the province’s hospitals.
Health Minister Christine...
