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.
N.B. mother says daughter ‘devastated,’ left in limbo over school counselling plan
A Moncton mother is speaking out about changes coming to how kids receive mental health counselling in anglophone schools.
In a Dusty Corner of California, Trump’s Threatened Cuts to Asthma Care Raise Fears
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a known contributor to asthma and […]
Ontario baby dies after being born prematurely with measles, other complications
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore says an infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died in southwestern Ontario.
How Mennonite women are building bridges between public health and community amid measles outbreak
Low German-speaking Mennonites face language, trust barriers amid Ontario’s largest measles outbreak in decades, as health workers push to bridge the gap.
Alberta surpasses 700 confirmed measles cases
The Edmonton zone has seen six confirmed cases, while Calgary has counted 13.
Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the morning sun grew too hot. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, paused at the edge with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. […]
Ballad Health’s Hospital Monopoly Underperformed. Then Tennessee Lowered the Bar.
Despite years of patient complaints and quality-of-care concerns, Ballad Health — the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly — will now be held to a lower standard by the Tennessee government, and state data that holds the monopoly accountable will be kept from the public for two years. Ballad is the only option for hospital care […]
Watch: In a ‘Dead Zone,’ Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach
There’s a fight in the nation’s capital that could affect health care for millions of Americans. At stake is a $42 billion infrastructure program and whether it should continue as planned. The money is for states to build high-speed internet — particularly in rural areas where telehealth currently doesn’t always work. Chief rural health correspondent […]
Measles vaccination a ‘ticket’ for kids to stay in summer camps: officials
The warnings come amid ongoing measles outbreaks in multiple provinces, with camps being told to keep immunization records on hand in the event of an infection.