Toronto rolls up sleeves for this year’s Covid-19, flu vax campaign

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Toronto – All Torontonians can book their updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu vaccine. To promote vaccination this fall and winter season, Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillor Chris Moise (Toronto Centre), Chair of the Board of Health and Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of Health received their vaccines today at the Toronto Public Health (TPH) vaccination clinic at Metro Hall. …

Toronto Public Health releases mid-2023 data for deaths of  homeless people

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Toronto  – Toronto Public Health (TPH) is releasing new data for the first half of 2023 related to the deaths of people experiencing homelessness. Consistent with data from recent years, drug toxicity continues to be the leading cause of death. From January 2023 to June 2023, TPH received 79 reports of deaths among the unhoused population. While this number is …

Toronto’s Population Health Profile-snapshot of city’s wellbeing

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Toornto – After three years of living with and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto Public Health (TPH) is releasing Toronto’s Population Health Profile: Insight on the Health of Our City. The report provides a snapshot of Toronto’s health and wellbeing and will be presented at the next Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, February 21. Building on the comprehensive 2019 T.O. Health …