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Grey Bruce Public Health will soon welcome patients to its new, brick-and-mortar dental clinic in Brockton; a state-of-the-art facility that will provide oral health services to qualifying seniors, children, and youth from low-income households in southern Grey-Bruce.
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Grey Bruce Public Health has ended the no-swimming advisory for Southampton Beach after receiving the results of a new series of beach water samples – tested over the Labour Day long weekend – that show bacterial levels have returned to within Ministry of Health guidelines for safe swimming/bathing.
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Grey Bruce Public Health, in consultation with the Town of Saugeen Shores, has posted the Southampton Beach as unsafe for swimming after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards.
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Grey Bruce Public Health is seeking the public’s help in finding the owner of a dog involved in a biting/scratching incident on Aug. 27, 2024, in Saugeen Shores.
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Grey Bruce Public Health has distributed and posted an Opioid Overdose Alert – the eighth such advisory since the start of summer – after receiving reports of one fatal and four non-fatal drug poisonings over three days in August.
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Grey Bruce Public Health has been notified that a blue-green algae bloom in a southern portion of Lake Eugenia in Grey Highlands has tested positive for the presence of naturally occurring toxins, known as microcystins, that can make people and pets sick.
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Grey Bruce Public Health has been notified that an American crow from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus (WNV).
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Due to the significant amount of rain that has fallen in Grey-Bruce in recent days, Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding residents and visitors that swimming at area beaches within 48 hours of heavy rain or while the water remains unusually cloudy can pose a risk to human health.
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With cases of pertussis (whooping cough) on the rise in Ontario, including locally, Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding people that staying up to date on routine vaccinations is the best defence against the highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection.
Grey Bruce Public Health is requesting the public’s help in identifying the owner of a dog involved in a biting incident that took place on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in West Grey.
For media inquiries, please call 519-376-9420 ext. 1315 or email Communications@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
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