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Local Ontario Health Team will improve care, officials say

TWEED – A new Hastings-Prince Edward Ontario Health Team will mean better health care and less frustration for patients and their families, Ontario’s health minister and local officials say.
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10 of 16 new COVID-19 cases in EOHU are in Cornwall

For a second straight day, new COVID-19 cases in Cornwall made up the majority of the 16 new cases confirmed by the Eastern Ontario Health Unit Friday.
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NOJHL Vaccine Playoffs result in 100 per cent vaccination rate

In a rare playoff race where everybody emerged a winner, the NOJHL and Northern Ontario health units announced this week their Vaccine Playoffs competition resulted in a 100 per cent ...
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Cornwall COVID-19 cases are most of the 18 new cases in EOHU

New cases in the City of Cornwall drove the growth in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Thursday afternoon update.
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Annual Sudbury motorcycle rally takes on special meaning (update)

The rally will be held in honour of its founder Johnny Valcourt, who died in a motorcycle accident this year
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EOHU confirms 15 new COVID-19 cases

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit confirmed an additional 15 COVID-19 cases in the region in its Wednesday afternoon update.
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The lonely world of long COVID in children: 'It would be nice to have some ...

No one really knows how many children are affected, but some research suggests around four per cent of children who have had COVID-19 will experience lingering symptoms.
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EOHU confirms 11 new COVID-19 cases

The EOHU confirmed another 11 new COVID-19 cases in its daily update Tuesday afternoon.One of the new cases is in Cornwall, two in North Glengarry, one in Russell, one in ...

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Four positive COVID-19 cases at four different Cornwall schools

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) added 25 cases over the last three days, bringing the total number of active cases in the City of Cornwall, SDG, the northern portion ...
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SEX FILES: Dating during the best of times, the worst of times

By the time you read this, I’ll have turned 40 for the second time. I say “for the second time” not because I’m ashamed of my age — if life ...
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Planning a pet's well-being as we head back into regular routines

The kids are heading back to school, and people are slowing returning to pre-pandemic work schedules and lifestyles.
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EOHU adds five COVID-19 cases to running total

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Friday afternoon COVID-19 update added six cases within SDG and removed one from Cornwall, for an overall increase of five cases since Thursday.
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EOHU adds 28 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit added 28 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday afternoon, some of which were resolved cases reconciled into its cumulative totals.
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Ontario Health Team announced for Cornwall/SDG and area

TWEED — A new Ontario Health Team has been announced that will serve Cornwall, SDG, Akwesasne, parts of Russell, and southeast Ottawa.
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Eight new COVID-19 cases, one active outbreak in Sudbury area Wednesday

Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported eight new cases of COVID-19 in its service area on Wednesday, along with one resolved case, lifting the total of active cases in Greater ...
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EOHU confirms five new COVID-19 cases

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 in its Wednesday afternoon update.

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Ottawa gym owner says he will not ask for users' vaccine status

An Ottawa gym owner says that while his business is taking other COVID-19 precautions, he and his staff will not ask clients to prove they have been fully vaccinated once ...
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EOHU COVID-19 cases increase by 31 over long weekend

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit confirmed an additional 31 cases of COVID-19 in the region Tuesday, working out to about 10 cases a day since it’s last update on Friday ...
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CATCH THOSE ZZZS: Research shows recovery from poor sleep a lengthy process

New research shows it can take a week to recover from 10 days of poor sleep.Researchers from Jagiellonian University of Krakow in Poland used 13 volunteers to go through 10 ...
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EOHU likely to confirm double-digit increase in COVID-19 cases Tuesday

The long weekend postponed any local updates to COVID-19 data Monday, but provincial data posted Saturday and Sunday suggests the Eastern Ontario Health Unit will see a double-digit increase in ...
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Mental Health Matters: World Suicide Prevention Day is Sept. 10

Source: www.ontario.cmha.caMélanie Brulée lost her father to suicide when she was just 12 years old.
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COVID-19 cases within EOHU increase by five

The Eastern Ontario Health unit added six confirmed COVID-19 cases and removed one in its Friday afternoon update, for a net increase in cumulative cases of five.
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Newborn Screening Awareness

September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month If you are a new or expectant parent, it is important to know about newborn screening and the provincial programs available for Alberta babies.
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Ontario Health Team announced for Cornwall/SDG and area

TWEED — A new Ontario Health Team has been announced that will serve Cornwall, SDG, Akwesasne, parts of Russell, and southeast Ottawa.
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Roumeliotis pleased with Ontario's decision on vaccine passport

In a special media briefing held on Thursday afternoon, Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) medical officer of health Dr.
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EOHU confirms 24 new COVID-19 cases

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit posted its largest single-day jump in new confirmed COVID-19 cases in months in its Wednesday afternoon update.