Dr. Alex Summers

• COVID-19: Spring vaccination campaign shifting focus to most at-risk, MLHU says

  Those high-risk, like residents 65 and older and residents who are pregnant, are recommended to get boosted if it's been six months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection.

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  Apr 6, 2023
  
• One-fifth of London-area deaths in an average year attributable to alcohol, smoking: MLHU

  In an average year, 16 per cent of deaths in the region among those 35 and older are attributable to smoking, while alcohol is linked to four per cent, the health unit says.

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  Mar 16, 2023
  
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• MLHU top doctor says risks are still to be determined with XBB.1.5. COVID subvariant

  XBB.1.5 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron subvariant XBB and 21 cases have been detected in Canada has of Wednesday, including at least 12 in British Columbia.

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  Jan 6, 2023
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• Excess haloacetic acid levels identified in Thames Centre drinking water

  Excess levels of haloacetic acid has been identified in the Thames Centre drinking water, according to the municipality and the Middlesex London Health Unit (MLHU).

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  Oct 12, 2022
• ‘Forever moving forward’: MLHU rolls out bivalent COVID-19 booster dose to 18 and up

  Local health officials are saying that this booster is more specific to the Omicron strains that have been circulating across the province.

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  Sep 26, 2022
• In marking Overdose Awareness Day, MLHU looks to put focus back on region’s opioid crisis

  More than 1,037 opioid-related emergency department visits were recorded in the region last year, nearly double the number seen in 2019, according to health unit figures.

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  Aug 31, 2022
• London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive returns for 2022 with increased focus on fresh donations

  The 26th edition of the campaign, held in support of the London Food Bank, kicked off Wednesday with a focus on fresh and local food donations.

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  Jun 8, 2022
• COVID-19: Transmission remains high, but indicators suggest peak of sixth wave: Summers

  With health officials seeing more sustained indicators that transmission is plateauing, Summers says "hopefully we will start to see a decline as we move into May."

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  Apr 25, 2022
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• COVID-19: 4th dose booster eligibility opens Thursday to those aged 60-plus in London-Middlesex

  The second booster comes amid an uptick in hospitalizations across the province, and as wastewater surveillance data suggests high rates of COVID-19 infection.

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  Apr 6, 2022
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• MLHU warns fentanyl is being sold as crystal meth and causing overdoses in London area

  The Middlesex London Health Unit is warning drug users that drugs sold as crystal meth could actually be fentanyl.

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  Apr 1, 2022