April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
April 2022 is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. We’re honouring the approximately 10,000 people in Southwestern Ontario with Parkinson’s disease (PD), letting them know that they...
Public Health: Spring testing of drinking water sources encouraged
With the arrival of warmer temperatures, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is encouraging residents on private drinking water systems to get their water tested.
Spring...
Grey Bruce receives optional Novavax vaccine
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is pleased to announce that it has received a limited number of doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which...
Southwest hospitals to maintain masking requirements
Hospitals across the South West region have updated their ongoing protections against COVID-19, and confirmed that current masking requirements for all individuals entering their...
Avian flu confirmed in Grey-Bruce
Under the leadership of the Chief and Council of the Chippewas of the Nawash Unceded First Nation, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is supporting...
Influenza A arrives in Grey-Bruce
The Grey Bruce Health Unit received laboratory results Thursday confirming that Influenza A is a Grey-Bruce resident.
Area health care practitioners are being notified.
There were...
Grey Bruce Health Unit announces 2022 budget
The Board of Health of the Grey Bruce Health Unit has adopted a financially responsible budget for 2022 that will ensure the effective and...
Masking now optional in Ontario as restrictions continue to lift
As Ontario continues to reopen and lift restrictions, including masking now optional effective today March 21st, Bruce County, in a recent media release, reminds...
Trillium grant supports Active Lifestyles for seniors
On Friday (Mar. 18), local MPP Bill Walker and Hugh Wilson, a volunteer with the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) met with representatives from the...
Creating awareness of the opioid crisis
On March 26th from 8 am to 12:30 pm, the United Way, Safe n Sound, the Grey Bruce Health Unit and other partners, will be...
