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christyceeck.bsky.social
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
maryewright.bsky.social
Look at the pockets of transmission in areas of low vaccination.
Southwestern Ontario and Alberta.
There must be accountability from Premiers Ford and Smith.
Also from CPC whose leader, Poilievre, advocated for ending all vaccine mandates. Why is the head of the PHAC not being interviewed?
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
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🚨 🇨🇦 A TRAGIC DAY FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC HEALTH 🇨🇦 🚨

#Canada has officially lost its "measles elimination" status, a title it has held for 27 years.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced today the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has revoked the status.

#Measles #CdnHealth
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
robsonfletcher.com
“The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) notified PHAC that Canada no longer holds its status.

Canada can re-establish its measles elimination status once the current outbreak is interrupted for at least 12 months.”
Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
nicktsergas.ca
PHAC really doesn't like the word "epidemic" for some reason.
Snippet of the statement, which reads, "Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities."
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
luckytran.com
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.

This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
pandemiccenter.bsky.social
The Pan American Health Organization ( #PAHO ) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada ( #PHAC ) that Canada has lost its #measles elimination status after a year of sustained transmission.

The US could face the same risk if it's cases continue through January.

More here ⤵️
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
karynpugliese.bsky.social
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A measles outbreak that began in Oct. 2024 has persisted for over a year across multiple provinces and territories, driven largely by under-vaccination. (PAHO → PHAC) #cdnpoli #health www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
sabivm.bsky.social
And just like that, we lose our measles elimination status after 27 years. Three decades of work, gone.

www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada's Measles Elimination Status From: Public Health Agency of Canada November 10, 2025 The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
I am going to try my darndest to spend way less time on here in November. So I just want to emphasize the wastewater data we have. People are sick out there. You hear the coughs, you see people calling out of shifts. Mask up and demand clean air. PHAC: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/ /1
Wastewater monitoring dashboard – Canada.ca
This dashboard provides data about COVID-19, flu, RSV and mpox virus levels in wastewater.
health-infobase.canada.ca
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
cmcalgary.bsky.social
Canada loses measles elimination status.

www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

#Canada #Measles
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status From: Public Health Agency of Canada Statement November 10, 2025 | Ottawa, ON | Public Health Agency of Canada The measles vaccine is the best way to protect you and your family. By staying vigilant and working together to increase measles vaccine coverage, we can prevent outbreaks and keep our communities safe against this preventable disease. Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year. PHAC is collaborating with the PAHO and working with federal, provincial, territorial, and community partners to implement coordinated actions—focused on improving vaccination coverage, strengthening data sharing, enabling better overall surveillance efforts, and providing evidence-based guidance. In October 2025, Health Ministers from across the country were briefed on the status of measles in Canada and committed to working together and discussing coordinated actions, including strategies to build trust through community engagement. Ministers also acknowledged the importance of health security to collectively protect Canada against public health threats. Canada can re-establish its measles elimination status once transmission …
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
chantzy.bsky.social
Health Canada has released new guidelines for air quality professionals that clearly state Covid can linger in the air & respirator masks should be considered IN ADDITION to improving ventilation

🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
Excerpt from Sept 2025 guidance for indoor air quality professionals PDF by Health Canada. I've highlighted the phrase In addition to (followed by advice to recommend respirator masks) Ventilation can help reduce viral transmission in indoor spaces by preventing the accumulation of potentially infectious respiratory particles in the air. Good ventilation, combined with other personal protective measures, can further reduce the risk of infection. In addition to improving indoor ventilation, the following should be considered (PHAC 2021a, 2022, 2023a, 2023b, 2023c): • Encourage occupants to stay home and away from others if they are not feeling well. • Limit the amount of people in areas where ventilation is poor. • Have policies that require or strongly recommend people to wear a well-fitting N-95 or KN-95 respirator mask in indoor public settings. • Provide supplies for people to clean their hands often (e.g., soap and water, or alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol). Remind occupants to clean their hands after contact with shared surfaces and objects, and after coughing or sneezing. • Regularly clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces and objects. › Develop and put into effect routine cleaning and disinfecting protocols that focus on shared surfaces, objects, and equipment. › Use disinfectant products with a valid drug identification number and follow manufacturer's instructions for cleaning and disinfection.
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
moriartylab.bsky.social
According to PHAC, respectively 2.9 to 3.9% of people in Ontario and Canada were vaccinated against COVID-19 according to recommendations in 2024 (the most recent year of publicly reported data).
health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vac...
COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Canada - Canada.ca
COVID-19 vaccination coverage across Canada by demographics and key populations. Updated every Friday at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.
health-infobase.canada.ca
October 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
yulnative.bsky.social
Further proof that PHAC and many MDs aligned with them truly do not want to admit that COVID is a vascular disease and that we all need to be vaccinated.
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
scottsantens.com
NEW systematic review of the evidence shows that raising incomes is how to reduce food insecurity. The evidence does not support food-based interventions as reducing food insecurity. Food retail subsidy programs and housing assistance programs don't ⬇️ food insecurity.

www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
Highlights Household food insecurity is grow-ing in Canada and effective evidence-informed responses to this problem are badly needed. Accountability in policy making is essential to ensure that scarce pub-lic funds are not allocated to initia-tives that lack evidence of impact. Many policy interventions that increase the incomes of low-income households have been shown to reduce household food insecurity; there is no such evidence base for food-based interventions. To increase accountability and incen-tivize effective, evidence-informed income interventions that address food insecurity, we propose that the federal government commit to reducing food insecurity by 50% and eliminating severe food inse-curity by 2030. Implications for future policy responses This is a time for reckoning. There is little to no evidence of food-based interven-tions having an impact on household food insecurity. Yet the fund-raising communi-cations of charitable and alternative food providers explicitly claim that they are addressing or preventing food insecurity (see, for example 18-20). Scholars have also commented on underlying corporatization as justifying food-based interventions. 21,22 Interdisciplinary research could reveal more about these dynamics, but surely the first step is to call out the incongruity of food-based interventions as a strategy for food insecurity reduction now that the absence of evidence has been revealed. We believe that the related lack of accountability for the impact of recent investments in food charity (e.g. pan-demic-related federal programs23 and the ongoing Local Food Infrastructure Fund¹7) is part of the explanation for the persis-tently high prevalence of food insecurity in Canada. No government has seriously tried to reduce food insecurity. Conclusion As the problem of household food insecu-rity continues to grow, effective evidence-informed responses are badly needed. The systematic reviews of evidence compiled by PHAC provide an important foundation for such action. But the results of these evidence reviews also lay bare the need for accountability, so that no more public funds are wasted on initiatives with no evidence of impact under the guise of addressing food insecurity. We need tar-gets for food insecurity reduction and some accountability for policy interven-tions that come with significant public investments. Household food insecurity rates and the related adverse conse-quences are only going to get worse unless we address the inadequate and insecure incomes that are the primary driver of this population health problem. is the effectiveness of federal and provin-cial policy interventions that modestly increase the incomes of Canadians living at low income, for example, Old Age Security pensions, the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) and social assistance. Idzerda et al. concluded with moderate to high certainty that income supplementation reduces food insecurity, but they found no evi-dence that the assessed housing assis-tance programs and food retail subsidy programs had any impact.5 Their findings suggest that inadequate and insecure incomes are the primary driver of house-hold food insecurity and that income sup-port policies are key to reducing this population health problem.5
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
moriartylab.bsky.social
According to PHAC, 3.9% of people in Canada were vaccinated against COVID-19 according to recommendations in 2024.
health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vac...

Quebec did not report vaccination coverage in 2024.
COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Canada - Canada.ca
COVID-19 vaccination coverage across Canada by demographics and key populations. Updated every Friday at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.
health-infobase.canada.ca
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
beansproutsmom.bsky.social
"...we would like to inform you of a recent report of threats targeting a Canadian research institution and scientific researchers. These threats, driven by anti-vaccination rhetoric [🤬]... escalated to include a death threat." email from Public Health Agency of Canada
#cdnpoli
Notify the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) if the threat or incident meets biosafety/biosecurity reporting thresholds under the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act (HPTA) or the Human Pathogens and Toxins Regulations (HPTR). Consider additional notifications. Your facility may choose to inform the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s National Critical Infrastructure Team (NCIT) at SIR-SIS@rcmp-grc.gc.ca to provide situational awareness. Review and, if necessary, update your biosecurity risk assessments and biosecurity plans. They should include steps for reporting threats, communication protocols, and responsibilities across your facility. Consider establishing a central point where potential incidents can be logged and tracked. Train staff and stay vigilant to strengthen organizational resilience and protect Canada’s life sciences sector. Thank you, Centre for Biosecurity, Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch Public Health Agency of Canada / Government of Canada
September 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
julielajoie13.bsky.social
Yesterday some PHAC employed got a notice of termination. Just in WPG at least 2 directors and 4 research scientists got the letter. At a time that Canada should invest in PH and research we will be loosing capacity for research and fight infectious diseases.
Not a great day
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
leetwitterrefugee.bsky.social
Also, I haven't seen this level of opportunity for 🇨🇦 to hire Americans since 'nam (when the streets of Montreal were crawling with USA kids).

PHAC could snap up some CDC people, etc GofC/BNR maybe get some 🚂✈️🛸 going? Beef up our telcos, buy Corel, defend artic?
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Pierre Trudeau opens Canada's door to American draft dodgers in 1969
Canadians are sympathetic to the plight of the draft evader who doesn't want to serve in the war in Vietnam, Trudeau tells the American press. Aired March 25, 1969 on a CBC-TV news special.
www.cbc.ca
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
moriartylab.bsky.social
The last reporting date for CIHI was March 31, 2023, so after that we don't have data to correct monthly, but we can compare PHAC-reported numbers to the numbers expected for Canada based on QC's numbers.
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 AM
moriartylab.bsky.social
Ceci correspond à 9,8 éclosions / semaine pour l’Ontario, à condition que la province ait signalé toutes les éclosions hospitalières à PHAC.
December 4, 2024 at 6:44 AM
dcapto.bsky.social
Thank you! So it sounds like moriarty labs will still publish Covid wastewater data that PHAC will collect.
June 17, 2024 at 1:25 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
I’ve started keeping track of the PHAC data in Google docs so it’ll be easier to share on different platforms. Here’s NB’s wastewater data. PHAC updates on Tuesdays and Fridays at noon ET for wastewater. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YxGxjOve6-JuE3KDEObMBNtPOtvq_8WIzdyrrd03n9Q/edit
PHAC Wastewater data
PHAC Wastewater data I am, at least, a little curious about what the point is in tracking wastewater if it’s been shown that NOBODY WHO CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT is EVER going to take ANY steps or e...
docs.google.com
November 22, 2023 at 11:54 AM
synthiat.bsky.social
Any Canadian wanting to get the updated Novavax vaccine, sorry to shatter your dreams. Health Canada and PHAC has the audacity to say that Novavax isn't in demand when they don't even supply it in the first place.

Tweet: twitter.com/susanholt/st...
Reply tweet from @susanholt: I actually just received a note from the Minister of health saying "Canada will not be supplying Novavax vaccine (protein subunit) for provinces and territories this coming fall 2024. New Brunswick and other provinces have investigated and are unable to find other options to procure this vaccine."
September 6, 2024 at 1:08 AM
sameo416.bsky.social
Filters created that have quasi-permanent dipoles on filter fibers (electret filters). The electrostatic attraction improves filtration without needing so many layers.

PHAC: "respirator worn in community doesn't need to have been formally fit tested"
November 24, 2024 at 10:57 PM