Hep B

• Ontario doctors calling for school-based vaccine programs to resume after being stopped due to COVID

  For years Ontario public health units have been offering vaccines in schools for HPV, Hepatitis B, and Meningitis.

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  Nov 1, 2021
  
• Study suggests Ontario could avoid hundreds of hepatitis B infections with newborn vaccine

  Children in Ontario and several other provinces don't get their hep B shot until Grade 7, but research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests earlier vaccinations could help avoid the spread of hundreds of infections.

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  Oct 26, 2020
  
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• Increases in communicable diseases linked to meth use, NDP call for action

  Manitoba's NDP leader is calling for safe injection sites after acquiring a WRHA document showing a dramatic jump in blood borne diseases tied to meth use.

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  Dec 11, 2018
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• Lindsay dental clinic patients urged to be tested for hepatitis, HIV

  Patients who received dental work between November 2017 and February 2018 are urged to get a blood test.

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  May 29, 2018
• Patients of suspected fake Delta plastic surgeon urged to get tested for Hep B,C, HIV

  The B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons is urging all patients of a suspected fake plastic surgeon in Delta to get tested for Hepatitis B, C, and HIV.

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  Jan 10, 2017