Infectious Diseases

Situation Effective January 2025, Candida auris (C. auris) is now classified as a Disease of Public Health Significance (DOPHS) under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). As such, confirmed cases of C. auris infection must be reported to the Medical Officer of Health either through the NWHU online reporting Read more…

Situation Serology and PCR results for the probable measles case in Sioux Lookout are all NEGATIVE. Suspicion for measles was based on dates of travel through Toronto and the development of symptoms consistent with measles in a timeframe that made measles a possibility. The possible case was too young to Read more…

Situation Northwestern Health Unit is following up a probable case of measles in an infant in the Sioux Lookout area. A probable case of measles is an individual with clinically compatible signs and symptoms and travel to an area with known measles spread. Results on the client are expected on Read more…

Situation Each year we take this day to raise awareness about the health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to advance efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The average annual incidence of TB in our catchment area over the last 5 years is 6.9 active cases per 100,000. Read more…