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Read our communications to clinicians regarding updates to the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in addition to alerts of changes in the local epidemiology of such diseases.

A list of current clinician communications
Date Issued	Title	Topic
Fri, 03/13/2026 - 15:30	Healthcare Provider Update	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 02/09/2026 - 16:00	Diseases of Public Health Significance Reporting	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 16:00	Shortage of Benzathine Penicillin G (Bicillin® L-A)	Vaccine
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 16:00	Shortage of Benzathine Penicillin G (Bicillin® L-A)	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 11/26/2025 - 16:00	Updates for WEC Health Care Providers (HCPs): Adult RSV Vaccine, Student Immunization Notices, and Vaccine Ordering	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 08/18/2025 - 13:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: CNPHI Alert: Ceftriaxone-resistant Gonorrhea and Summary of Treatment and Follow-Up for Uncomplicated Gonococcal Infections	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 07/15/2025 - 13:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Measles Update	Measles
Wed, 06/11/2025 - 08:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Update to Measles Outbreak Preparedness and Response in Ontario	Measles
Mon, 06/02/2025 - 08:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Updated Requirements for Proof of Immunity to Measles in Individuals Working in Schools and Childcare Settings	Measles
Mon, 06/02/2025 - 08:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Updated Requirements for Proof of Immunity to Measles in Individuals Working in Schools and Childcare Settings	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 05/09/2025 - 08:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Response to Measles Risk	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 15:15	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Response to Measles Risk	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 03/20/2025 - 15:15	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Response to Measles Risk	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 03/06/2025 - 16:45	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Response to Measles Risk	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 03/05/2025 - 17:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Confirmed measles case in Windsor-Essex	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 10:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Multi-jurisdictional Measles Outbreak in Ontario	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 01/23/2025 - 09:30	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Change to Preferred Treatment Regimen for Uncomplicated Gonococcal Infections	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 01/13/2025 - 14:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Rise in Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis: Screening Recommendations and Treatment Protocols	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:00 - Wed, 02/26/2025 - 16:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Health Advisory for Travel Related Maha Kumbh Mela in India	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 16:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Legionella Testing Recommendations	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 16:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Updated Measles Resources	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 16:00	Public Health Update for Clinicians: Dramatic Rise in Measles Cases Globally	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 16:00	Public Health Alert for Clinicians: Confirmed travel-related measles case in Windsor-Essex	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 13:00	Bicillin-LA STI Medication Order Form Now Available on WECHU Website	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 13:00	Pharmacy Memorandum: Provincially Funded Medications for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) at No Cost to Clients	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 11:45	Public Health Updates for Clinicians: Congenital Syphilis on the Rise in Windsor and Essex County	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 06/28/2023 - 11:00	New Vector-borne Reportable Illnesses: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Powassan Virus	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 05/05/2023 - 12:00	Multi-drug Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhea Infection in Ontario	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 04/19/2023 - 15:00	HIV Testing Update	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 03/27/2023 - 15:00	XDR Shigella sonnei	Infectious Disease Prevention
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 12:00	Mpox Clinician Update	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:00	Measles Preparedness	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 02/16/2023 - 12:00	Case of Tularemia (Windsor and Essex County)	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 01/17/2023 - 12:00	Confirmed Cases of Pertussis (Leamington/Wheatley)	Infectious Disease Prevention
Thu, 12/15/2022 - 12:00	Syphilis Testing	Infectious Disease Prevention
Tue, 09/06/2022 - 10:00	Memo: Aconitine Poisoning	Products - Safety Alert
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 12:00	Updated Monkeypox Clinician Update from the Office of the Ontario Chief Medial Officer of Health	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 03/20/2020 - 15:30	Updated Recommendations For Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 01/31/2020 - 14:00	Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)	Infectious Disease Prevention
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 14:00	Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Outbreak	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 12/02/2019 - 14:00	Ministry of Health reminder regarding influenza vaccine administration	Vaccine
Wed, 07/24/2019 - 11:00	Free medications for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections	Sexually Transmitted & Bloodborne Infections
Mon, 05/13/2019 - 09:30	Ongoing Outbreak of XDR S. Typhi in Pakistan	Enteric Diseases/ Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Tue, 02/19/2019 - 16:00	Updated Gonorrhea Guidelines	Sexually Transmitted & Bloodborne Infections
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 16:30	Reports of Influenza in young children/infants in Windsor and Essex County	Respiratory Diseases/Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 16:30	Reports of Influenza in young children/infants in Windsor and Essex County	Infectious Disease Prevention
Mon, 11/27/2017 - 09:00	PHO Lyme Disease Serology Update	Vector-Borne Diseases