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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to measles, from a healthcare provider perspective.
Uploaded June 2025.
June 11, 2025
MEMORANDUM
TO: Health Care Providers
FROM: Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health
RE: Update - Measles Outbreak Preparedness and Response
Thunder Bay District Health Unit has launched “Parents Like Us”, a locally informed and designed resource for families and caregivers of youth with substance use challenges.
Project partners gathered at Sister Margaret Smith Centre today to present and discuss the free handbook, which is available…
Use this resource from Sanofi (manufacturer) to avoid mixing errors for PENTACEL®
Uploaded July 2025.
A high level breakdown of what taxpayers' dollars go towards at the Health Unit
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae (BGA) in a water sample collected at Hattie Cove on August 11, 2025. Hattie Cove is located within Pukaskwa National Park near Marathon.
Water should be avoided whenever a BGA bloom is…
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae (BGA) in a water sample collected at Kenogamisis lake on August 20, 2025. The bloom is located in the Southwest Arm of the lake, just before Geraldton.
Water…
Two clinics: TBDHU hosts two school-based vaccine clinics for children in Grade 7 each school year. See the tabs below for the clinic schedule, based on where the school is located (Thunder Bay versus District).
Grade 8 students: Students in Grade 8 who are missing Grade 7 vaccines will be…
One clinic: TBDHU hosts one school-based vaccine clinic at every high school each school year.
Vaccines at school are the easiest and most convenient option: The school-based clinics provide an easy and convenient option for students to be immunized for the vaccines required…
Records needed: TBDHU needs a copy of the vaccine records of all students entering school including those:
starting Junior Kindergarten (JK)
previously homeschooled
who have moved from a home community
new to Ontario; moved from another province or country …
Proof of certain vaccines: The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) is an Ontario law that requires that all students attending school in Ontario have proof of vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), polio, measles, mumps and rubella (German measles), meningitis, pertussis (whooping…