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Published on Saturday, May 28

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Imagine there was a way to prevent your child from having certain types of cancers?

Published on Tuesday, May 17

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Between May 23, 2022 and October 31, 2022 a mosquito larviciding program will be conducted to reduce mosquito populations.

Published on Friday, May 13

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) launched their active tick surveillance program on Friday, May 13, 2022.

Published on Wednesday, May 11

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On Friday, May 13, 2022, the media is invited to the start of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s active tick surveillance program.

Published on Tuesday, May 10

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), along with the Active School Travel (AST) Regional Committee, led an initiative encouraging more kids to walk, wheel, roll, and bike to school.

Published on Monday, May 9

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and the Windsor-Essex County Active School Travel Regional Committee, is celebrating the many Active School Travel initiatives

Published on Monday, May 2

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will be making changes to communications related to COVID-19 updates in May.

Published on Monday, April 25

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Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to Make Announcement

Published on Monday, April 11

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This is the third year of the pandemic and COVID-19 has affected every person, family, business and organization. It’s clear that COVID-19 is not going to be eradicated in the near future, and our community will have to learn to “live” with this novel infectious disease. The plan for the community, moving forward, has to be realistic, based on what we know and have learned so far.

Published on Thursday, April 7

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Individuals aged 60 and older as well as First Nation, Inuit and Métis adults (including their non-Indigenous household members) aged 18 and over will be able to receive a fourth dose COVID-19 vaccination in Windsor and Essex County starting today.