The unvaccinated are fuelling the measles outbreak in Ontario, data shows

Guest Opinion: The dangerous war on vaccines

Against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding measles outbreak, what we need right now is urgent assistance from the federal government to support immunization and strengthen vaccine delivery, not more challenges. Unfortunately, vaccine expertise is instead being sidelined while anti-vaccine…

Two measles cases confirmed in unvaccinated travellers from Prince Edward Island

The adult patients are PEI residents who travelled together to another part of Canada where outbreaks of the virus are continuing, a news release says

Ontario’s Measles Outbreak Requires Much More Visible & Effective Public Health Response

TORONTO, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is raising concerns about the sharp increase in people infected with the measles in Ontario. The data should raise red flags. According to the most recent epidemiological summary from…

Reported measles cases more than double in April across CK

The number of new measles cases in Chatham-Kent is outpacing the rest of the province so far this month.

Measles is back, and we have only ourselves to blame

Like many people who are now seniors, I had measles when I was a child and there was no vaccine available. It was uncomfortable, very contagious, and occasionally deadly. By the mid-1960s vaccines were appearing and by the mid-1970s they were compulsory in Australia. The disease was controlled and effectively eradicated. Why has it come back? In reality, it wasn’t gone, it was just preventable using vaccines.

Ontario measles case count exceeds 'precedent-setting' 800 total infections

Ontario is reporting 155 new measles cases since last week, pushing the province’s case count to 816 since an outbreak began in the fall