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EOHU vaccine total at over 63,000, and local standby list …

WEBOver 63,000 vaccines have been administered in the local catchment area, and the region’s medical officer of health expects a dramatic rise in that number as…

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Public health establishing permanent COVID-19 vaccine …

WEBArticle content. Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health will be restarting permanent vaccine clinics beginning next week. Acting medical …

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$4.1 million from province will see new primary care clinic …

WEBBell said that KCHC, along with Queen’s University and other partners within the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team, will use the money to open …

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Local public health warns of dramatic spike in meningitis …

WEBWith three confirmed cases in recent months, the public health agency wants locals to be aware of the “rare but potentially life-threatening bacterial infection,” it said in …

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Hundreds line up to get family doctor in Kingston

WEBHundreds of people line up on Montreal Street outside a Kingston family health clinic on Wednesday in hopes of becoming rostered for a family doctor at CDK …

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Kingston Community Health Centre's CEO moves to …

WEBKCHC CEO Mike Bell will begin his new role at the Napanee-based hospital on March 25, replacing Wayne Coveyduck, who filled the role for 15 years. Bell has …

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Kingston nurses disappointed by lack of funding

WEBA group of Kingston nurses is expressing disappointment that the provincial government did not approve a bid for funding that it made towards opening a proposed …

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Public health reports two deaths, 143 new high-risk …

WEBSince Dec. 31, 2021, the reporting of COVID-19 cases has become much more limited as per the directive to change PCR testing from the province of Ontario of …

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UPDATED: COVID-19 vaccination clinics open

WEBThe Eastern Ontario Health Unit continues to be stable, reporting 102 active cases on Wednesday. Cornwall had 23 of them. North Dundas had one COVID case …

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After-hours COVID, Cold and Flu clinics launch in …

WEBThe Belleville Clinic at the Belleville Quinte West Community Health Centre will run Monday, Thursday, Friday from 5-9 p.m. and on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. …

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LGL Health Unit launching new initiative on respiratory health

WEBArticle content. In keeping with its mandate to keep people in its local communities as healthy as possible, the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit …

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EOHU offers a look inside a COVID-19 mass-vaccination clinic in

WEBMedia tour offered to show what goes into running one of the clinic sites within the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region.

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With local hospitals full, Quinte hospitals welcome restrictions

WEBArticle content. Ontario’s tightening of restrictions to lessen the effect of COVID-19’s Omicron variant are “absolutely” warranted, Quinte Health Care’s president …

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COVID-19 outbreak declared on Connell 9 unit at Kingston …

WEBArticle content. Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 9 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site.

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Province expands eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots

WEBAccording to a news release issued by the province, the newly expanded eligibility will include individuals born in 1951 or earlier, health-care workers and …

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RCDHU asks residents to be patient as Ontario expands fourth …

WEBAnyone who recently experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait 90 days following their symptom onset date or the date that they tested positive for COVID-19, …

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Quinte Health Care at 135% capacity due to RSV, COVID, influenza

WEBAccording to chief of staff for Quinte Health Care Dr. Colin MacPherson, this rise is largely due to RSV, influenza, and COVID-19. “We’re seeing kids coming in with …

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New COVID-19 outbreaks, increased positivity in EOHU

WEBThe health unit reported an additional 879 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the region since its Friday update, for a total of 464,868 given since Jan. …

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Fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine available at local

WEBFourth-dose availability of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was expanded Thursday in the region to residents over 60 years of age and First Nations members …

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RCDHU announces expanded eligibility for COVID-19 third dose …

WEBFor a complete list of those who are eligible within each group visit: COVID-19 Vaccine Third Dose Recommendations. All eligible residents will be able to access …

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Local nurse helps deliver baby on flight home from holidays

WEBA medical resident from Austria was also on board and the three worked together to help deliver a baby girl. But nothing is ever easy – the baby wasn’t crying …

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford visits Kingston General Hospital

WEBJoin the conversation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Kingston General Hospital Site during a visit to the Kingston region on …

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