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KFL&A Public Health programs and services, regularly scheduled for Thursday, June 23, are cancelled as staff, management, and board members participate in the agency’s annual recognition event.    • Kingston office will be closed on Thursday, June 23 from 12 to 4:30 p.m.   Clinic closures on Thursday, June 23 are as follows:   • There will be no access to the drop-in naloxone distribution at the main and branch offices during the...
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During a prolonged power failure, no electricity to your cold food storage, like your refrigerator and freezer, can be dangerous. Without refrigeration, harmful bacteria can multiply in food, increasing the chances that you could get sick if you eat that food. Water treatment systems may also not be fully working, and so water quality could be affected. There is a possibility that perishable foods could spoil, putting you and your family at risk of getting food poisoning.
Without...
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KINGSTON – The bacteria that causes Anaplasmosis, also known as human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), has been identified in Blacklegged ticks in the Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington region.  Anaplasmosis, is a tick-borne disease transmitted to humans through the bite of a Blacklegged tick, the same tick species that transmits Lyme disease.
In the Fall of 2021, researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa conducted active...
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KINGSTON – The KFL&A Community Drug Strategy Advisory Committee is calling for the decriminalization of people who use drugs. In 2021, the advisory committee endorsed a Statement of Support for decriminalization and is now advancing their advocacy efforts by submitting an online petition to the federal government.
The petition calls upon the Government of Canada to:
decriminalize the use of drugs for personal use,
support the provinces in their efforts...
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This is a joint message from the South East Region’s hospital Chiefs of Staff and Medical Officers of Health
Kingston – The South East region is still experiencing increased COVID-19 activity with some communities noting record high levels of the virus.
In response the Chiefs of Staff at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Providence Care, Quinte Health Care, Brockville General Hospital, Perth and Smiths Falls General Hospital, and Lennox & Addington...
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