East West Information

A deadly outbreak of legionnaires' disease in London, Ont., has shown just how challenging it is to pinpoint the source of the bacteria behind the illness.

As students head back to classrooms across northeast B.C., health officials are warning that measles is still circulating, and immunization rates remain too low to prevent another outbreak.

Health care providers say a new $8-million facility in Saint-Charles-Borromée meets a growing need for end-of-life services including MAID, which is involved in more than one out of ten deaths in the Lanaudière region.

The agency announced that four separate items are being recalled due to possible contamination including products from the Montreal-based company Allo Simonne and two baklava pastries that were sold at a mall in Laval.

Anti-smoking advocates urged the provinces and territories to use money from a historic tobacco settlement on public health programs as the provinces are set to receive initial amounts starting Friday.

About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.

As London deals with the fallout from the latest legionnaires' outbreak, there's a call for stricter Ontario regulations to help prevent mass spread of the bacteria that cause the respiratory infection. Over the past 13 years, Quebec and New Brunswick brought in new regulations aimed at cooling towers following outbreaks.