Chickenpox

• Public health warns of potential chickenpox exposure at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

  Lakelands Public Health says anyone who visited the emergency department from May 11 to May 12 should monitor for symptoms until early June.

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  May 14
  
• Several cases of chickenpox detected at Loyalist College

  Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is still confirming the cases but the medical officer of health estimates it to be fewer than 10.

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  Mar 28, 2023
  
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• 4 unscientific — and sometimes dangerous — health trends of 2019

  These health trends were not just a bad idea — they could actually hurt you, experts say.

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  Dec 31, 2019
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• Chickenpox cases reported at Fanshawe College

  A spokesperson for Fanshawe College says the reported cases will not have an impact on classes.

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  Oct 24, 2019
• Student who sued health agency over chickenpox vaccine now has the chickenpox

  The lawyer for a Kentucky high school student who wasn't allowed to participate in school activities because he wasn't vaccinated for chickenpox says his client has now contracted the illness.

  Health

  May 9, 2019
• Chickenpox cases at 2 Halifax-area schools prompt reminder to parents

  According to a spokesperson from NSHA, chickenpox is "not as common as it used to be due to vaccination programs" but it's "not unusual to receive reports of chickenpox in schools."

  Health

  Apr 5, 2019
• ‘Terrible idea’: Health expert warns against chickenpox parties for kids

  Despite health experts saying the vaccine is highly effective and safe, some parents are still choosing to expose children to chickenpox the old fashioned way — with an infection party.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2019
• Kentucky governor intentionally exposed his 9 kids to chickenpox — experts say that’s ‘dangerous’

  Matt Bevin said he exposed his children to chickenpox in order to immunize them. That's a "public health hazard," says one expert.

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  Mar 21, 2019
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• North Carolina’s largest chickenpox outbreak since 1995 blamed on vaccine exemptions

  North Carolina officials say a chickenpox outbreak at a private school has grown to the state’s largest in more than two decades.

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  Nov 20, 2018
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• Shingles vaccine free for Ontario seniors beginning Jan. 1

  Ontario is reminding seniors who are turning 65 in 2017 that they will be eligible to get the shingles vaccine free of charge starting Jan. 1.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2016