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KI tablets available to those who live and work near nuclear generating stations
Posted on Monday, September 15, 2025 10:31 AM
Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region Health Department is reminding all residents and businesses located within 10 kilometres of the Pickering and Darlington nuclear generating stations to ensure they have a supply of potassium iodide (KI) pills readily available.
KI pills are a part of nuclear emergency preparedness. In the highly unlikely event of a radioactive iodine release, KI pills help protect the thyroid gland by blocking the uptake of radioactive iodine, reducing the risk of thyroid cancer....
Health Department releases report on climate change and air quality in Durham Region
Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2025 10:57 AM
Whitby, Ontario – Climate change is expected to increase exposure to poor air quality for residents of Durham Region and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and other Indigenous Peoples with whom we share and steward these lands.
To help learn about, prepare for, and act against climate change, Durham Region Health Department has released the report, Assessing the Impact of Poor Air Quality, available at durham.ca/ClimateAndHealth. Part of the series Climate Change and Health in Durham...
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Uxbridge
Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2025 02:54 PM
Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region Health Department has received notification that adult mosquitoes in Uxbridge have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv) disease. There have now been 26 mosquito batches in Durham Region that have tested positive for the virus this season including five in Clarington, nine in Oshawa, four in Ajax, six in Pickering, one in Whitby and one in Uxbridge.
The current batch of positive mosquitoes was collected from the Health Department’s mosquito trap site located in...
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Whitby
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2025 12:28 PM
Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region Health Department has received notification that adult mosquitoes in Whitby have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv) disease. There have now been 19 mosquito batches in Durham Region that have tested positive for the virus this season including four in Clarington, seven in Oshawa, three in Ajax, four in Pickering and one in Whitby.
The current batch of positive mosquitoes was collected from the Health Department’s mosquito trap site located in Whitby. The...
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Ajax and Pickering
Posted on Friday, August 01, 2025 08:32 AM
Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region Health Department has received notification that adult mosquitoes in Ajax and Pickering have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv) disease. There have now been six mosquito batches in Durham Region that have tested positive for the virus this season including two in Clarington, two in Oshawa, and one each in Ajax and Pickering.
The current batches of positive mosquitoes were collected from Health Department mosquito trap sites located in Ajax and Pickering. The...
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