health

_ (Via Ottawa Public Health ) _ Ottawa Public Health has been promoting and distributing free condoms for decades as part of its sexual health programming. This programming is part of Ottawa Public Health’s mandate as per the provincial Health Protection and Promotion Act and mandated by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Ontario Public Health Standards. ...

_ (press release) _ The National Capital Commission will recommend the Tunney’s Pasture site to the Minister of Canadian Heritage for the new Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital. This recommendation is supported by extensive public and stakeholder consultations and a rigorous analysis of evidence and documentation by the evaluation committee and NCC professional staff. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** Today, Ottawa Public Health (OPH), in partnership with The Ottawa Hospital, The Royal, Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Carleton Pharmacist Association and Respect Pharmacy, launched a public awareness campaign to draw attention to the risks associated with illicit fentanyl. ...

It’s flu season - everybody’s favourite time of year (after Festivus .) If you’d rather avoid the fever, cough, aches, sores, congestion, occasional vomiting and other… symptoms, you’ll probably want to get the flu shot ASAP if you haven’t already. ...

_ (press release) _ The free flu vaccine will be available in Ontario starting this week, so that people can better protect themselves against the flu virus and stay healthy. The vaccine will be available at doctor’s offices, local public health units and community immunization clinics. ...

_ (press release) _ Today, Premier Kathleen Wynne helped celebrate the opening of a new acute care unit at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa that will provide comprehensive care for seniors and help them to return home sooner. https://twitter.com/QCHOttawa/status/786955380324786176 ...

_ (Press release via Ecology Ottawa) _ A spill from the proposed Energy East pipeline could have catastrophic impacts on the Rideau, Mississippi and Ottawa rivers, and put the region’s drinking water at risk. These are the findings of a new report by the independent Montreal-based technical firm Savaria Experts-Conseils Inc. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa - ** Ottawa Public Health (OPH) in collaboration with Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Health Unit and Public Health Ontario have determined through further laboratory analysis that one of the three previously-identified cases is negative for measles. ...

_ (Press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** Ottawa Public Health (OPH) and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit (LGL) are investigating three related cases of measles in unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated individuals who have not received all of their required measles vaccines. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA – Mayor Jim Watson will read a proclamation on Sept. 1 to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Day in the nation’s capital and the beginning of a month-long awareness campaign. The event at City Hall, hosted by Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Programs , launches Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Ottawa. ...