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May 2025
In this issue:
- Update: Measles immunization recommendations
- Reminder: Meningococcal vaccine requirements for entry to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah
- Considerations for returning travelers with possible travel-related illness, including invasive meningococcal disease and reporting requirements
April 10, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 10
- Update: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) supply shortage
- Update: RSV prevention program
- Ontario spring 2025 COVID-19 vaccine campaign
- Introducing Peel's new Medical Officer of Health
- Avian (H5N1) Influenza
March 26, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 8
- Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP) 2024-25 vaccine returns
- Update: Peel Health Professionals Portal
- Measles: Testing reminder, resources and March 27 webinar
March 12, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 7
- Update: CMOH Measles immunization recommendations
- Clinician actions to support public health complete measles case and contact management
- RSV monoclonal antibody (Beyfortus) returns
February 19, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 6
- Increased measles activity in Southwestern Ontario
- Measles prevention and preparedness
February 5, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 5
- RSV prevention program ordering reminders: Abrysvo and Beyfortus
- Meningococcal immunization: Hajj and Umrah requirements in Saudi Arabia
- Considerations for returning travelers with possible travel-related illness, including invasive meningococcal disease and reporting requirements
February 3, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 4
- Update: Revised guidelines for gonorrhea infection treatment and testing
- New: Malton Sexual Health clinic reopening and extended clinic hours
- Reminder: STI medication and condom distribution program
- Reminder: GetaKit STBBI testing program
January 28, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 3
- Candida auris designated as a reportable disease
- Health Professionals Update email subscription
January 24, 2025; Vol. 18, No. 2
- Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA): Orders of Suspension
- School vaccination program
- Update: Beyfortus® 50 mg doses available to order
January 21, 2025: Vol. 18, No. 1
- Critically low stock of rabies vaccine
December 12, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 38
- Holiday schedule for Peel Public Health clinics and services
December 5, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 37
- New: January to June 2025 paid vaccine and STI medication delivery schedule
- RSV vaccine supply update: Abrysvo
- Reminder: Pneumococcal vaccine product change
December 3, 2024; Vol. 17 No. 36
- Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health
- Health risks, harms, and cost of alcohol consumption
- Family and intimate partner violence awareness resources
November 19, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 35
- Increase in M. pneumoniae in Ontario
- Update: Beyfortus® availability
- REMINDER: Beyfortus® dosing
- Update: Arexvy® and AbrysvoTM availability
November 11, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 34
- Reminder: Updated polio vaccine recommendations for children previously immunized with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)
- Impacts to screening and enforcement under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA)
- Polio immunization recommendations
November 4, 2024, Vol. 17, No. 33
- COVID-19 testing updates
- Influenza and COVID-19 vaccines available for general population
- Marburg virus disease outbreak declared in Rwanda
October 24, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 32
- 2024/25 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention program for infants and high-risk children
- Upcoming Beyfortus® learning session
October 09, 2024, Vol. 17, No. 31
- Tick-borne disease risk in Peel Region
- Tick-borne disease testing and clinical guidance
- Tick species identification and reporting tick-borne disease
October 3, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 30
- 2024/25 COVID-19 fall/winter campaign
- Reminder: Peel Public Health (PPH) is hosting a physician and healthcare provider education session
October 01, 2024; Vol. 17 No. 29
- Lead in imported spices: Elevated blood lead levels and guidance for blood testing and exposure assessment
September 27, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 28
- Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
- Upcoming Public Health Ontario (PHO) webinars
September 23, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 27
- Peel Public Health (PPH) in collaboration with the Mississauga and Central West Primary Care Networks, is hosting a physician and healthcare provider education session.
- Health status data in Peel.
September 19, 2024; Vol. 17 No. 26
- 2024/25 RSV prevention program for older adults, pregnant people, infants and high-risk children
September 16, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 25
- Self-collected pharyngeal and rectal swabs for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing
- Syphilis screening updates for non-pregnant adults and adolescents
- GetaKit sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing
September 06, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 24
- UPDATE: Domestically Acquired Case of Human Rabies
- REMINDER: Rabies Reporting
- REMINDER: Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis
August 29, 2024, Vol. 17, No. 23
- World Health Organization declares mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
- Vaccine storage requirements for Prevnar 20.
August 26, 2024, Vol. 17, No. 22
- Increase in pertussis in Ontario including Peel.
- COVID-19 has been updated on the list of reportable diseases.
- Reminder: Sign-up for Vaccine Ordering Webinar
- Update: August to December 2024 Paid Vaccine Delivery and STI Medication Delivery Schedule
- Increased mpox infections in Ontario
July 22, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 20
- Update: Pneumococcal Vaccine Program
July 18, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 19
- Update: West Nile virus risk in Peel
- Reminders: West Nile virus transmission, clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, reporting, and preventive measures
- Listeriosis clinical testing
July 16, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 18
- Local increase in Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD)
- Update: Hepatitis B high risk ordering process
- New process for ordering vaccines
July 12, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 17
- Revised: Heat-related illness and associated risks for at risk populations taking certain medications.
- New: Listeria outbreak and recall of various refrigerated, plant-based beverages.
- Physician Call for Action: Immunization of School Aged Patients.
- Reminder: EMR tool available to identify school-aged patients missing vaccines under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).
- July to December 2024 Paid Vaccine Delivery and STI Medication Delivery Schedule
- Reminder: Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP)
- Updated Clinical Recommendations for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy
- Paxlovid Funding Transitioning to Typical Models
- Screening for tuberculosis (TB) infection (also known as latent TB infection)
- Reporting TB infection (TBI) and ordering TB preventive treatment (TPT)
- TB preventive treatment (TPT)