Ontario Health

• Ontario influenza ICU admissions up 127% in past week, hospital association warns

  Ontario hospitals saw a 127 per cent spike in intensive care unit admissions stemming from influenza in just a week, the Ontario Hospital Association says.

  Health

  Dec 16
  
• 3 kids die from influenza A-related complications since start of December in Ontario

  Three children in Ontario have died from influenza A-related complications since the start of December, health officials said Monday.

  Health

  Dec 15
  
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• Ontario does not have ability to measure success of its primary care plan: auditor general

  Ontario’s plan to expand access does 'not consistently have processes in place to plan and oversee programs and initiatives to improve patients’ access to primary care.'

  Health

  Dec 2
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• Ontario sees no new measles cases in former hot spot for first time since spring

  Canada's former measles hot spot is reporting no new cases for the first time since a spring surge.

  Health

  Jul 24
• Ontario health agency ordered to inform patients of major data breach

  Premier Doug Ford, his health minister and the IPC all appeared to confirm the data of patients using the Ontario Health atHome service may have been breached earlier this year.

  Politics

  Jun 27
• 6 infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers

  Ontario's chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall.

  Health

  Jun 9
• More than 2K died of opioids in Ontario last year as numbers trend downward: data

  More than 2,200 Ontarians died from opioids last year, a 15 per cent decrease from 2023, newly released data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows.

  Health

  Jun 5
• Ontario Liberals call for urgent action to tackle ‘staggering’ measles outbreak

  The latest data from Public Health Ontario shows the province has recorded 1,020 new measles since an outbreak began last October.

  Health

  Apr 24
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• Ontario to boost rural, northern primary and emergency care in agreement with OMA

  The new commitments come out of negotiations between the government and the Ontario Medical Association for a new Physician Services Agreement.

  Health

  Apr 22
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• Education minister ‘concerned’ by vaccination rates amidst Ontario measles outbreak

  The province has been dealing with a measles outbreak since the end of last year, with hundreds of new cases reported weekly. Some schools have suspended students.

  Education

  Apr 14