NewsDesk @bactiman63 Toronto Public Health (TPH) has reported its first probable human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in an adult resident in 2023. WNV is an infection transmitted to people through the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with Toronto Public Health (TPH) are advising residents to avoid physical contact with raccoons and all other wild animals due to a significant increase in the number of...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Toronto Public Health (TPH) is investigating a lab-confirmed travel-related case of measles in an adult. Residents are reminded that the measles virus is circulating in many countries...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Three confirmed cases of invasive bacterial meningococcal disease have been reported in Toronto, according to Toronto Public Health (TPH). The three affected individuals, who are...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since the city of Toronto reported the first monkeypox case on May 26, health officials say the total confirmed cases as of June 2 is now five, with another five cases still under...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A rabid dog that was imported from Iran on June 28, 2021 developed clinical signs of rabies on January 11, 2022 and was euthanized on January 16, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, according...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Toronto Public Health (TPH) has received lab results confirming that a bat found in High Park on Monday, July 19 has tested positive for rabies. TPH received the positive test results...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced more than 70 per cent of Toronto adults are fully vaccinated and 80 per cent of all eligible residents (age 12 and...

A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza. “We can now say definitively that COVID-19...

By News Desk  @bactiman63 Toronto health officials two cases of COVID-19 variants of concern–the P.1 COVID-19 mutation (Brazil) and the B.1.351 mutation (South Africa)–for the first time...