Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:40 AM
To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: July 31, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Pertussis and routine immunization information
Dear Colleagues,
There is an increase in reports of pertussis (whooping cough) in Ontario and Quebec. The purpose of this Public Health Alert is to review immunization eligibility and recommendations for pertussis-containing vaccines. Acellular pertussis-containing vaccines are only available as combination vaccines (e.g.,...
Posted on Monday, July 29, 2024 03:11 PM
To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: July 25, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Changes to publicly funded pneumococcal vaccine program
Dear Colleagues,
The province will be transitioning the publicly funded Pneumococcal vaccine programs starting late July 2024 as per the table below:
Note: Patients who have completed a publicly funded Pneumococcal vaccination series are not eligible, at this time, to restart a series
Vaccine Information
Pneu-C-15:
Posted on Monday, July 22, 2024 08:45 AM
To: All Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: July 19, 2024
From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
Subject: West Nile virus confirmed in Ottawa area mosquitoes; first Ottawa human case of 2024
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is writing to heighten your awareness of the possibility of illness from West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Ottawa. OPH has received the first positive results for WNV from Ottawa area mosquito traps for the 2024 season and a human case...
Posted on Monday, July 15, 2024 04:11 PM
To: All Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: July 15, 2024
From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
Subject: Listeriosis, plant-based refrigerated beverage recall
You may receive questions about a product recall concerning plant-based refrigerated beverage products potentially contaminated with Listeria. To date, there have been no reported listeriosis cases in Ottawa related to this recall; in Ontario there have been nine confirmed cases.
Clinical...
Posted on Thursday, July 11, 2024 03:52 PM
To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: July 11, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases in Ottawa
In recent weeks, there has been an increase in the number of pertussis cases reported in Ottawa.
Epidemiology
In 2024 (as of July 8), 10 cases of confirmed or probable pertussis in Ottawa residents have been reported to Ottawa Public Health (OPH). In 2023, there were six cases of pertussis reported. The average...