Health

Health unit urges caution and urges people to take precautions to protect themselves

Rains today expected to herald cooler temperatures for Thursday

The City of Greater Sudbury has extended certain services today in order to help keep people cool in the midst of the day plunging into the depths of a heat wave

Federal government has provided $10 million in research funding to test the effectiveness of COVID-19 treatments in non-hospitalized patients

Disease is rare and public health said local residents should not be concerned about routine everyday activities

Vaccines against COVID-19 are expected to soon be available to children 6 months to five years, but uptake is uncertain.

With on-the-job violence directed at health-care workers spiking provincewide, Sudbury hospital stepping up anti-violence campaign with a Behavioural Escalation Support Team to provide education and support to HSN care teams and creating new in-house security team 

Highly infectious BA.5 Omicron subvariant has pushed Ontario into a new wave, Ontario's expert pandemic advisers say

Emergency rooms and consolidation of staff in Perth and Clinton prompt renewed concerns over health-care worker shortages

Screening program will involve a registered dental hygienist to provide the visual dental screening and to make parents aware of issues that need care