Amid surging influenza cases provincewide, public-health officials for London and surrounding Middlesex County are reporting 20 times more cases than this time last year.
Since first being detected in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza has had a dramatic impact on North America
Deliberations for London’s 2026 municipal budget update got underway Thursday morning, with city politicians endorsing more roads funding, and paying off a Middlesex-London health unit debt related to its relocation. At the city hall debate, city council members, meeting as the budget committee, voted to add back in a little more than $100,000 in annual […]
Opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths in London and Middlesex County have declined for a third straight year, just-released public health figures show. Dr. Alex Summers, the top doctor with the Middlesex-London health unit, detailed at a Wednesday press conference the agency’s 2025 opioid crisis report – which indicated those three metrics all declined […]
The loss of measles elimination status in Canada is a symptom of a declining trust in public messaging about science and health
The money will be dispersed through Health Canada's Emergency Treatment Fund.
By Eric Freedman
Empty lots in deindustrialized cities like Detroit may contribute to bird species diversity, says a new study by researchers at MSU and Carleton University in Canada. The study is based on sound recordings collected at 110 sites in 11 Detroit neighborhoods. The study recommends that vacant land management in the city takes a balanced approach that considers the needs of both residents and birds. There are other concerns about vacant land, too, including as sites for solar arrays.
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Grey Bruce Public Health is requesting the public’s help in identifying the owner of a dog that was involved in a biting incident in Lucknow on Oct. 3. Around 7:30 p.m., an individual was bitten by an unleashed large black dog, possibly a bullmastiff, that ran across the road toward them while they were walking […]
Oakland County, Michigan, is challenging the state’s mandate to improve how it operates in one drainage district, arguing it would require taxpayer-funded investment without “evidence” the measures will improve water […]
A Free Press reader wonders how our medical officer of health feels about backyard fires and if there's public health data to support a ban.
Lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate introduced several bills last week to crack down on microplastics in the Great Lakes. Specifically, the proposed legislation aims to limit pollution and […]
By Rachel Lewis
Michigan environmental officials found 1,4-dioxane, a toxic chemical, in six residential water wells in Scio Township during annual state testing. The dioxane, coming from the Gelman Plume, ranged between 0.33 to 0.86 parts per billion (ppb), well under the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s (EGLE) drinking water limit of 7.2 ppb. Although the state says the water is safe, some advocates for a more aggressive plume cleanup say the new detection suggests the plume is moving north. They say it could be dangerous if it reaches Barton Pond, Ann Arbor’s main water source.