Health Care Provider Update Archives

• Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines Expiring

• RESOURCE: The Ontario Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap
• WEBINAR: rom TSTin3D to TSTin4D: Enhancing Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Decisions with Risk-Benefit Analyses

• Tick-borne Illness Update

• Vaccine Orders – No pick up available until after 1:30pm on Thursday, May 22
• Measles Immunization Schedules – Routine and Outbreak – NEW RESOURCE
• High Risk vaccines – Please check eligibility
• Shingrix – Age 65 to 70 eligibility for publicly funded
• Updated Vaccine Guidance
• ISPA Update
• WEBINAR: How primary care providers can support immigrant and refugee TB clients

• Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) Update
• COVID-19 Spring Campaign
• IPV Available the week of May 5

Training and Educational Opportunities

• COURSE: Hepatitis C Fundamentals – Free online course for primary care providers in Ontario

• Red Rock Branch Office Phone Disruption
• Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) Update
• Spring COVID-19 Campaign
• Pneumococcal Chapter Update – Canadian Immunization Guide
• RSV Chapter Update – Canadian Immunization Guide
• Safe Consumption Site (SCS) Closure Reporting Form
• New Program - Youth Vaping, Substance Use, and Technology Dependence Service (VAST)

Training and Educational Opportunities

• STBBI online course - Safer, more inclusive care
• Webinar: The SickKids Immunization InfoLine

• Spring Update: Covid-19 and RSV Vaccine

• Early Frequent Issues - HPV Primary Screening
• NEW Resources: Syphilis, Sexual Health, & U=U
• IPV Shortage
• Measles Vaccine and Travel
• Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) Update
• Beyfortus – RSV Infant Vaccines
• Spring COVID-19 Campaign
• NWCHC’s Expand Project: Tobacco Cessation

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Advance Care Planning Webinars

• World TB Day 2025

• 2025 Report Released: STBBI's and Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Thunder Bay

• Alert - Measles - Travelling Advice

• Infectious Syphilis & Congenital Syphilis – New Infographic
• Pediatric Nutrition (0-6) – Updated Guidelines
• Immunization of School Pupils Act – Update
• Fall Vaccines PHAC Questionnaire

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR – A Case Study of the HPV Vaccine Task Force in Ontario
• WEBINAR – Testing Updates for MTBC: Whole Genome Sequencing
• WEBINAR – Advancing early TB detection & care: Public health & clinical insights

• Immunization of School Pupils Act – Update
• Updated Vaccine Guidance
• Home and Community Care: IPAC Best Practices

Training and Educational Opportunities

• Webinar Recording: HPV testing implementation overview for cervical screening
• Webinar: Addressing rising syphilis rates among women in Canada

• Candida auris: Now reportable to Public Health as a DOPHS

Training and Educational Opportunities

• COURSE: Treatment as Empowerment: Advancing HIV Care with U=U
• COURS: Le traitement comme pouvoir d’agir : l’avancement de la prise en charge du VIH avec I = I

• Vaccine Ordering & Pickup Schedule – Thunder Bay Office
• Immunization of School Pupils Act – 2025 Plans
  • Timelines
  • How You Can Support School-Aged Children and Youth
• Updated Enhanced Epidemiological Summaries: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis (Infectious and Early Congenital)
  • Key Provincial Highlights
  • Key TBDHU Highlights

Training and Educational Opportunities

• New resource: Prevention and Management of Avian Influenza in Health Care Settings
• WEBINAR: Pap’s Are Out, HPV Primary Screening Is In

• Updated: Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections
• Immunization of School Pupils Act – 2025 Plans
  • Timelines
  • How You Can Support School-Aged Children and Youth
• Respiratory Viruses – Contributing to Hospitalizations
• High Dose Flu, COVID-19 and RSV Products Still Available
• Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025 Toolkit

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Walking in a Good Way with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Clients
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Fall and Winter Respiratory Illnesses webinar with PHAC

• Reporting 0-18 and High Risk Vaccines

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Health care access prior to drug toxicity deaths in Ontario

• Best Practices – Prevention of Respiratory Transmission in all Health Care Settings

Training and Educational Opportunities

• RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT - The power of undetectable: How HIV treatment prevents transmission

• RSV Beyfortus® 50mg and 100mg currently available
• Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Update
  • Testing / laboratory information
  • Clinical key messages
  • General population key messages

• Updated: COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance
• Pertussis – Cases in TBDHU
  • Reporting Suspect/Confirmed Cases
  • Immunization - Infants, children and adolescents
  • Immunization - Adults
  • Immunization Guidance
  • Management
  • TBDHU Resources
• 65+ Flu Vaccine Supply Limits and Recommendations
• Updated Guidance - Infant and High-risk Children - Beyfortus
• Ontario Respiratory Virus Tool Update

Training and Educational Opportunities

• RECORDED WEBINAR - Respiratory Season: Surveillance and Testing
• COURSE: HIV Treatment for Providers (English and Français)

• Referring Patients to Pharmacies for COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines
• Submitting Vaccine Orders on Mondays and Tuesdays
• Encouraging patients to submit/access their own vaccine records through ICON

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR – Vaccines in older individuals: barriers to uptake and possible solutions

• Fall Respiratory Illness Season
• 2024-25 Influenza and Respiratory Infection Surveillance Resources
• COVID-19 Testing Eligibility Updates for the Fall 2024-25 Respiratory Virus Season
• New Measles Resources: Post-exposure Prophylaxis for Contacts and IPAC Checklist
• Legionellosis Prevention and Outbreaks

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR – Mpox in Canada: Lessons learned and future response strategies
• WEBINAR – Introducing BEYFORTUS® in Primary Care

• National Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Week Special Edition

• Influenza Vaccines
  • Prioritization
  • Guidance Documents and Other Resources
  • Ordering Vaccine and Storage and Handling
• COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Prioritization
  • Guidance Documents and Other Resources
  • Ordering  Vaccine, Metric Forms and Storage and Handling
• RSV Vaccines
  • Eligibility; high-risk older adults and infants/high risk children/pregnant people
  • Guidance Documents and Other Resources
  • Ordering Vaccine and Storage and Handling

• Rowan's Law Day 2024
• Mpox Guidance Updates Pertussis Updates
• Updated Forms: Routine Vaccine Orders and Reporting Order Form
• Respiratory Season 2024-25 Vaccine Update Coming Soon
• Path 525 August Drug Checking Summary

Training and Educational Opportunities

• Webinar: Respiratory Season 2024-25, Part 1: Surveillance and Testing
• Webinar: Respiratory Season 2024-25, Part 2: Immunization

• Rabies Case in Ontario - Brant County
• RSV Protection for Infants, High Risk Children, Pregnant People and other Resources
• Market withdrawal of all Covid-19 XBB vaccine products
• School Immunizations
• Imvamune vaccine available for order

Training and Educational Opportunities

• Virtual Training: How to Support Individuals with Eating Disorders

• Mpox Update
• Extended eligibility for two school-based, grade 7 vaccines – August 31 deadline
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Program Expansion – Additional Updates
• Animal bite reporting – reminder to submit form

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR RECORDING: Measles Update for Clinicians and Public Health

• Seasonal Influenza Vaccines: NACI Updates
• Update: Measles PCR Testing
• Start Early: Fluoride Varnish Program; FREE for children up to 4
• Brief Contact Intervention for Smoking and Vaping Cessation

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR RECORDING: Let’s Talk About Syphilis – A Case-Based Clinical Overview
• COURSE: HIV and Hepatitis C Testing

• Reminder: Cervical Screening
• Ontario Sees an Increase in Mpox cases in 2024
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Program Expansion
• Special Issue: Vaccine Program Updates
• Eye See Eye Learn Visual Health Program
• The Take Control Clinic (TCC) - FREE Tobacco Quit Programs and Support

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Hepatitis & health for refugees, immigrants, migrants and newcomers to Canada

• New Forms: Vaccine Orders and Reporting
• NEW Pneumococcal Products NOW AVAILABLE
• ISPA Highlights - 2023-24 School Year
• Summer 2024 Vaccine Activities - Updating Records
• HPV Vaccine Guidance – NACI and CIG Updates

• Pertussis Cases Identified
• Summer 2024 Vaccine Activities – Updating Records
• Pneumococcal Vaccine Program Transition to New Products
• PEDIACEL® Vaccine Program Transitioning to PENTACEL®
• Ontario Imvamune® Guidance Updated
• Smoking and Vaping Supports and Resources
• Healthy Smiles Ontario; Program Still Available

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Promoting the rights and health of transgender people as a public health equity priority

• Additional Active TB Cases Identified
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Chapter Updated
• VPD Original Fax Number Now Available
• Blacklegged Tick Estimated Risk Areas
• Are you familiar with our Having a Baby in Thunder Bay Resource Guide?

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR RECORDING: Respiratory Syncytial Virus – What you need to know

• Canadian Immunization Guide – COVID-19 Vaccines Chapter Update
• Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP) for Eligible Low-Income Seniors

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Let’s Talk About Syphilis: A Case-based Clinical Overview
• WEBINAR: Respiratory Syncytial Virus: What you need to know

• COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy and Paxlovid Funding Updates
  1. Antiviral Therapy Clinical Recommendations
  2. Paxlovid Funding
• Mpox Updates
  • Vaccination
  • Infectious Disease Protocol
  • Case and Contact Management
• RSV Disease and Infants – NACI Statement
• PATH525 April Drug Checking Summary & Open House

Training and Educational Opportunities

• Rainbow Health Ontario

• Updated Measles Guidance and Public Health Ontario (PHO) Resources
• School Immunization Program: Grade 2-5 Suspensions Starting Soon in Thunder Bay
• Vaccine Guidance and Resource Updates
• District Community School Immunization Programs
• Updated Resource: Infection Prevention and Control Checklist (IPAC) for Clinical Office Practice: Core Elements

Training and Educational Opportunities
 

• COURSE: Provide safer, more inclusive care for STBBIs
• COURS: Offrir des soins plus sécuritaires et inclusifs en ITSS

• Spring 2024 COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign

•  World TB Day 2024

• Alert: Measles Cases Increasing Worldwide; Returning Travellers
• Pediacel Transition to Pentacel
• ISPA-Related Suspension Orders for Thunder Bay-Area Students in Grades 2-5 ISPA Update for Greenstone, Terrace Bay, and Schreiber

Training and Educational Opportunities
 

• WEBINAR: Advances in new TB vaccines development & preparation for implementation
• WEBINAR: Action Through Connection
• WEBINAR: Honouring Indigenous Knowledges: Seven Sacred Teachings with Elton Beardy

• Measles E-Alert

• Measles Memo from CMOH
• Drug Toxicity Event Memo from CMOH
• Umbrella Closure & Sexual Health Resources for HCPs
• Vaccine Tip: Varicella Administration Post-Infection
• Assessing Primary Care Practitioners' Infant and Early Mental Health (IEMH) Knowledge Needs: A Survey of Canadian Physicians and Nurses

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR RECORDING: Addressing Opioid Stigma in Pharmacies – Strategies for Pharmacy Professionals

• Rebuilding Vaccine Confidence

• Be Alert: Measles Cases Increasing Worldwide
• Student Immunization Programming Updates
• Vaccine Tip: Include the Lot Number
• Influenza Genomic Surveillance in Ontario
• New Palliative Carelink Referral Form
• Screen for Life Coach Schedule
• 2SLGBTQ Health in Focus: a podcast from Rainbow Health Ontario

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: Doxy-PEP and doxy-PrEP: Pills to prevent syphilis
• WEBINAR: Trauma and substance use: Supporting youth clients who use substances with compassion

• Sexual Health Resources for Health Care Providers
• Reminder: Health Care Provider Letters from TBDHU
• Sexuality and Gender Equity Network (SAGE)

Training and Educational Opportunities

• WEBINAR: How health care providers can talk about sexual health as part of overall health and wellbeing.

• Highlighted Resources for Vaccine Providers
• Reminder: Ongoing High School Student Immunization Programs in Thunder Bay and Surrounding Area
• The Straight Up Facts: Alcohol can cause cancer

Training and Educational Opportunities

• CME/CPD Opportunity: Gestational and Congenital Syphilis
• COURSE: HIV and Hepatitis C Testing

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Extended Eligibility for Age and Grade-Based Routine Vaccines
• Suspension Notices for High School Students Missing Required Vaccines in Thunder Bay and Surrounding Rural Areas
• Publicly Funded RSV Vaccination Program Update
• Updated Enhanced Epidemiological Summaries: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis (Infectious and Early Congenital)
• PATH525 December Drug Checking Summary
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program and Early Childhood
• Addressing Substance Use Community of Practice for ALL Health Professionals
• Community Café: Trans 101 - Understanding Trans Experiences
• WEBINAR: PHO Rounds - Update on Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease

• Increased iGAS in Ontario
• Encouraging First and Second Doses of Immavune® for Those at Risk of Mpox
• COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Guidance Updates and News
• Publicly Funded RSV Vaccination Program Update
• Ordering and Administering RSV Vaccine
• Vaccine Administration Tip: Remember to Report AEFIs to the Health Unit
• Hand Hygience Resources
• Course: HIV Prevention

• TBDHU Holiday Hours
• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates and News
• Expansion in Publicly Funded RSV Vaccine Eligibility
• RSV Vaccine Administration Reminders
• Updated Technical Briefs on PPE and IPAC for Respiratory Virus Transmission for Health Care Workers

• Vaccine Administration Tip: Never Leave Needles in Multidose Vials
• Media Release about School Immunization Programming in Thunder Bay and Surrounding Areas
• COURSE: HIV Prevention

• Provincial Vaccine Eligibility and Guidance Updates
• Vaccine Administration Tip: Request Client Records for the Week
• WEBINAR: Capacity building for healthcare professionals on having conversation about sexual health and HIV

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• TBDHU Resumes Enforcement of Immunization of School Pupils Act
• RSV Vaccine – Publicly Funded Program and Prescribing Information
• Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available to All Ontarians Six Months Old or Older
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program for Pregnant Individuals
• WEBINAR: Syphilis in Canada: Where we are, how we got here and what we can do about it 
• COURSE: HIV Treatment

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Pfizer XBB COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available
• 65+ Flu Vaccine Supply Limits and Recommendations
• Vaccine Administration Tip: Timing of ISPA-Mandated Vaccines
• Fall / Winter Respiratory Illness Season Memo from Ontario Health
• Measles Preparedness
• Join TBDHU’s Cannabis Campaign: Promote Awareness and Harm Reduction
• WEBINAR: Engaging Young People Who Use Drugs | Cannabis and Beyond
• WEBINAR: Caring for persons on methadone in primary care: Toward safer, more inclusive care

• Congenital Syphilis

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Other Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Fall 2023 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Campaign Continues
• Eligibility Expanded for School-Based Grade 7 Vaccines
• COURSE: Hepatitis C Treatment – An online course for service providers in Canada

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering Information
• TBDHU Community Vaccine Clinic Reopening
• Update on Billing Codes for Physicians Working in COVID Vaccine Clinics
• Other TBDHU COVID-19 Immunization Plans
• Testing and treatment remain available for people at high risk of severe COVID-19

• First Cases of Laboratory Confirmed Influenza
• Updated General Test Requisition Form from PHO
• Outbreak Management Resource Webpage
• RSV Vaccine
• Diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis in a community setting – Resources for providers
• WEBINAR: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 – Daily Lunch and Learns

• Initial Flu Vaccine Orders
• Updated 2023/2024 UIIP Guidance for Health Care Providers
• Eligibility by Date 
• Flu and COVID Vaccine Co-Administration
• Transporting Flu Vaccine

• WEBINAR: Syphilis: Controlling an Old Disease with Modern Technologies
• WEBINAR: Seasonal Influenza Immunization 2023-2024
• WEBINAR: Charting New Territory in RSV Vaccination: International
• Perspectives on Protecting Older Adults

• Become a COVID-19 Vaccine Provider
• International Overdose Awareness Day – August 31
• WEBINAR: How to Handle Your Shots Like a Champ - Lunch & Learn

• Polio
• TBDHU Fluoride Varnish Program Relaunch
• Help Kids Go Back to School with Required Immunizations
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Culturally Competent Tuberculosis Care

• Increased Risk of Pertussis Cases in Northwestern Ontario due to Manitoba Outbreak
• Xylazine Detected in Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Drug Strategy Health Care Provider Bulletin
• Returning Vaccines to TBDHU
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Building Vaccine Confidence and Demand in a Digital Age

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• TBDHU Offering Pop-Up Clinics for Routine School-aged Vaccines at Locations across Thunder Bay
• SAVE THE DATE: Harm Reduction Conference 2023
• WEBINAR RECORDING: PnP: Harm reduction for 2SGBTQ+ men navigating sex and drugs

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (JCOVDEN) Recall
• NEW Health Care Provider Office Poster on Syphilis
• Routine Vaccine for School Aged-Children
• TBDHU Clinics for Routine School-Aged Vaccines
• WEBINAR: PnP: Harm reduction for 2SGBTQ+ men navigating sex and drugs

• Risk of Mpox Resurgence in Canada This Summer
• Mpox Vaccines
• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• Routine Vaccines for School-Aged Children

• Increased Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease (iGAS) in Ontario
• New Influenza Chapter of the Canadian Immunization Guide
• TBDHU Summer Vaccine Clinic Updates
• Support Rainbow Seniors! 3 Things for Service Providers to Know
• NEW Health Care Provider Office Poster on Immunizations for Adults
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Gender-Based Violence Against Two Spirit/Indigiqueer People

• Lyme Disease Update (Thunder Bay): Special Issue - May 2023

• Provide Input on Infectious Disease Environmental Scan
• NEW Health Care Provider Office Poster on Immunizations for Babies and Children
• WEBINAR: HIV self-testing project: Workshop for Indigenous service providers

• Overview of New Guidelines
• Populations with Higher Risk
• WEBINAR RECORDING: HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective but underused: A call to action.
• WEBINAR: PHO Rounds: The 2023 Ontario HIV Testing Guidelines

• 2023-2024 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
• The Immunization Well-Child Toolkit Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP)
• WORKSHOP: Stigma Ends With Me
• WORKSHOP: Understanding Online Exploitation & Risk Factors in Thunder Bay
• WEBINAR: Collaborative School Board-Based Pediatric Medicine in the North: A Strengths-Based Approach

• NEWS - Multidrug resistant (MDR) gonorrhea in Ontario - April 2023
• Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Shigella
• National Immunization Awareness Week 2023
• Spring COVID-19 Booster Campaign – New Rural Community Clinics
• Module: The CARD System

• Overview
• Epidemiological Review
• Priority Populations
• Congenital Syphilis
• Testing
• Staging
• Treatment
• Reporting Obligations
• WEBINAR RECORDING: PHO Rounds: STI Series – Session 3: Infectious Syphilis
• WEBINAR RECORDING: PHO Rounds: Syphilis in Ontario: A clinical and surveillance update July 2022 References

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• Talking About Vaccine Safety with Vulnerable Populations
• I ♥ Someone Who Uses Drugs Campaign
• Adverse Event Following Immunization Reporting
• Reminder: HEPC RNA Reflex and Utilization Update
• WEBINAR: Changes to Serological Testing of Lyme Disease

• Provincial Guidance Document
• Recommended Groups
• Those Who Did Not Receive a Fall Booster
• City of Thunder Bay Access
• District Community Access
• Campaign Promotional Resources
• Ordering COVID-19 Vaccine
• TBDHU Community Vaccine Clinic Still Providing Some Routine Vaccines

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• News Release: Ontario Updating COVID-19 Measures in Long-Term Care Homes
• Reminder: Vaccine Transport
• World Tuberculosis Day – March 24
• WEBINAR: HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective but underused: A call to action

• TBDHU Tuberculosis Update
• Health Care Provider Key Actions
• Update on tuberculosis update: City of Thunder Bay
• Ordering tests or referring to a health care provider as appropriate
• What is TBDHU doing?
• For Further Information

• Mpox Virus Update
• Changes to Lyme Disease Testing 
• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Update: No Interruption in Pediatric Moderna Vaccine
• Reminder: Changes to TBDHU Community Vaccine Clinic Hours
• Vaccine Catch-Up Promotion Posters

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• Health Care Provider Alert: Measles – February 23, 2023
• Updated: Recommendations for the management of cases and contacts of mpox in Ontario
• Temporary Interruption in the Supply of Infant Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
• TBDHU Saturday Vaccine Clinic for School-Aged Children
• TBDHU Community Vaccine Clinic Updates: Location and Frequency
• WEBINAR: Understanding the Realities of Gender Diverse Peoples to Strengthen our Care Systems

• ALERT: Measles

• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program 
• TBDHU Thunder Bay Vaccine Clinic Temporarily Moving
• Priority Catch-up Vaccines Available at the CLE
• New resource: Bivalent Omicron-Containing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
• WEBINAR: Kids and Vaccines Town Hall Event

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• Statement from the Chief Medical Officer of Health
• Canada’s New Guidance on Alcohol and Health
• Mpox – Vaccination Reminder
• PODCAST: CANVax Emerging Topics Podcast
• WEBINAR RECORDING: HIV self-testing project: information for service providers

• Hepatitis B School-based Program: Temporary limited vaccine supply
• Shelf-Life Extension from 12 to 18 Months for COMIRNATY (the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine) Monovalent Formulations
• Monkeypox - Vaccination Still Recommended
• Reporting Adverse Events Following Immunization
• Flu Vaccine Supplies, including FluAd, Still Available
• Immunizations for School-Aged Children
• Expanded Opportunities for 4-6 Boosters in Thunder Bay
• New TBDHU Initiative: Health Care Provider Office Posters
• News Release: Pharmacists Now Treating Thirteen Common Ailments and Renewing Prescriptions for Most Medications
• SYMPOSIUM: Fighting Misinformation in 2023

• Reminder: Reporting Deaths Where a Disease of Public Health Significance is Cause of Death
• How to Report Diseases of Public Health Significance (DOPHS)

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• Influenza Immunization Pocket Guide for Health Care Providers
• VaxFacts Clinic
• Vaccine Resources for Health Care Provders
• Vaccine Resources for Clients
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Improving the Vaccination Experience: Accessible Vaccination for Neurodiverse People at Any Age

• Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance
• News Release: All Ontarians Aged 5+ Eligible for Bivalent Booster
• News Release: Ontarians Can Now Visit Local Pharmacies for Paxlovid Prescriptions
• Ontario Health Memo: Updated recommendation on the use of Evusheld
• Holiday Hours for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
• Holiday Hours for Routine Vaccine Pick-ups
• RECORDING: Beyond Inclusion and Towards Health Equity - Advancing Health, Safety, and Wellbeing for 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities

• FluAd Supply Update
• STI Medications Available from TBDHU
• Seeking Well-Baby Primary Care Providers
• Scarborough Health Network VaxFacts
• New Resources: COVID-19, RSV, and Flu Fact Sheets
• Holiday Hours for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
• Holiday Hours for Routine Vaccine Pick-ups
• 2A Strategy for Talking About COVID and Flu Vaccine
• WEBINAR RECORDING: Routine Childhood Vaccination (November 24, 2022)
• Share TBDHU’s Health Care Provider Updates!

• Increasing Access to Flu Vaccines
• Update: Fluad Vaccine Supply For Those 65+
• Layers of Protection Reduce the Risk of Illness
• Updated Publicly Funded Vaccine Order Form
• Updated Flu Vaccine Promotion Materials
• WEBINAR: The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) Webinar for Health Care Providers: Routine childhood vaccination

• Update: Influenza Case Surge in TBDHU Area
• Updated Guidance for Moderna Spikevax BA.4/5 bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccine
• Update: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylaxis for High Risk Infants Program 
• News Release: Free Flu Shot Available for Ontarians Six Months of Age and Older
• High-Dose Flu Vaccine Supply and Guidance for Immunizing those 65+
• WEBINAR: Research Results and Implications Series - People at higher risk due to other health conditions and COVID-19
• Resource: COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) Monthly Review

• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Updates
• News Release: All Ontarians Aged 12+ Eligible for Bivalent Booster
• Update: Fluzone High Dose and Fluad Product Supply
• Important Information Regarding Flu Vaccination in Thunder Bay
• Update on COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination in District Communities
• COVID-19 Vaccine Expiration Dates
• Imvamune® Guidance Update
• PHO Routine Immunization Updates
• Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit Relaunch
• WEBINAR: Reaching the undiagnosed: Advances in hepatitis C testing

• COVID-19 Vaccine Updates
• Recommended Intervals for COVID-19 Boosters
• Extension of COVID-19 Sessional Fee Codes (H409/H410)
• 2022-23 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
• Update: Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children
• WEBINAR: Tecovirimat - An Antiviral Drug to Treat Monkeypox

• Fall Bivalent vaccine
• Moderna Bivalent Resources
• COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Children 6 months to 5 years
  • TBDHU Clinics
  • Data Entry for Primary Care Providers
• COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Children 5 to 11 years
• TBDHU COVID-19 Vaccine Fall Schedule
• COVID-19 Updated Self-Isolation Guidance

• TBDHU COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Schedule; Fall 2022
• Fall Bivalent vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 months to 5 years
  • TBDHU Clinics
  • Data Entry for Primary Care Providers
• COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Children 5 to 11 years
• COVID-19 Updated Self-Isolation Guidance
• Webinars of Interest

• COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 6 Months to 5 Years
• COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Immunocompromised Youth 12-17 years
• Reminder: TBDHU Mass Immunization Clinic Temporary Closure
• COVID-19 Transmission
• World Hepatitis Day – July 28

• COVID-19 Updates and Resources
• Monkeypox Guidance Updates
• Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario
• WEBINAR: Catch-Up of Routine and School-Based Immunizations for School-Aged Children and Adolescents

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance and Resources
• Formula Shortage for Infants with Allergies and Conditions
• Do you work with clients that vape or use tobacco? Take our survey!
• WEBINAR ROUNDUP
  • Recorded: Enhancing harm reduction education for service providers
  • June 29 - Monkeypox: Information for service providers in Canada
  • June 30 - Training and Education Hub to Address Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Stigma

• COVID-19 Guidance Updates
• COVID-19 Directives revoked June 11 and replaced with guidance
• Monkeypox Updates
• Acute Severe Hepatitis Update
• SURVEY: Do you provide prenatal resources or services?

• Updated COVID-19 Resources 
  • Increasing Booster Dose Vaccination for Immunocompromised Individuals
  • Evusheld
• Eligibility for HPV Vaccine
• Updated CMOH Order for Severe Acute Hepatitis in Children
  • Updates on Monkeypox

• COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Referral Form Updated - COVID-19 Vaccines for Immunocompromised
  • An overview of the Novavax Nuvaxovid™ and Medicago Covifenz® COVID-19 vaccines
• Routine Immunizations
  • Guidance for Routine Immunization Services During COVID-19
  • Hepatitis B Tdap Immunization Eligibility Expansion - Pregnancy
  • Hepatitis B Program Expansion
  • Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
    • Upcoming Webinars

• COVID-19 Updated Resources\5th Dose Eligibility
• Public Health Ontario COVID-19 Resources
  • For Families: COVID-19 Vaccine Q&As with Ontario's Medical Professionals

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• Workplace Masking Rules Extended
• WEBINAR: COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
• SURVEY: COVID-19 Vaccination Support Needs
• 4th Dose Interval Clarification
• COVID-19 Treatments

• COVID-19 Guidance Documents
• TBDHU CLE Coliseum clinic now accepting walk-ins for 4th doses
• Primary Care Providers and Ukrainians Fleeing War
• Have you completed our survey yet?

• Updated Ministry of Health COVID-19 Guidance
• Public Health Ontario Guidance
• Novovax Arrives in Thunder Bay and District
• Updates to the Publicly Funded Vaccine Schedule
• Have you completed the Survey for Cannabis-Exposed Pregnancies yet?

• World Tuberculosis Day
• COVID-19 Updates
• Masking Requirements in Healthcare Settings
• WEBINAR: COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy and Postpartum
• Moderna approved by Health Canada for Ages 6-11
• Vaccination Timing Post-COVID-19 Infection
• NovaVax and Medicago Requests
• Reminders: COVID-19 Resources for Health Care Workplaces
• Have you completed the Survey for Cannabis-Exposed Pregnancies yet?

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• Public Health Ontario COVID-19 Guidance
• COVID-19 Testing
• Reopening Ontario
• COVID-19 Vaccine Wastage Process
• Local COVID-19 Antiviral Updates
• Reminder: Vaccine Confidence Survey

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• Routine Immunizations
  • Routine Immunization Catch-up– Grades 7 through 12
  • Routine Immunizations Catch-Up Options – Thunder Bay
  • Routine Immunizations Catch-Up Options – District
• Submitting Immunization Records to TBDHU
• Special Populations and COVID-19 Vaccine – Pregnant Individuals and Moderately/Severely Immunocompromised
• Medicago Covifenz COVID-19 Vaccine
• WEBINAR: Motivational Interviewing Vaccine Hesitant Patients

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• Public Health Ontario Resources for Health Care Providers
• Ontario Expansion of COVID-19 Booster Dose Eligibility for Youth 12-17
• NACI Statement on Vaccination Timing Post-Infection
• Reminder: COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exemption Expiry
• Reminder: Returning Expired Routine Vaccines
• COVID-19 Testing in Thunder Bay
• Community Pop-Up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics
• School Vaccinations Returning in March

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• COVID-19 Vaccine
• COMIRNATY (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine) - Shelf-Life Extension
• Updated Vaccine Ordering and Metrics Forms
• Process for Medical Exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine
• Mass Immunization Clinic Walk-In Services Expanded
• Rapid Antigen Testing - Clarification
• IPAC Recommendations for Health Care Settings from Public Health Ontario

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• UPDATE: Pfizer Supply
• Vaccine Ordering
• NEW COVID-19 Vaccination Forms
• Walk-In Eligibility Expansion at the CLE Coliseum
• Calm and Quiet Clinics
• COVID-19 Public Health Resources
• National Kids and Vaccine Day: January 27
• BETR Virtual Speaker Series – Free, CME-Approved Education Sessions

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• Updated Testing Requirements
• 4th Doses (Boosters) for Immunocompromised

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• Urgent: Call-Out for Community Vaccine Provider Support
• Provincial Eligibility By Age
• Extended Shelf Life for Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 Vaccine
• PHO Webinar: Opioid-Related Toxicity Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• Prioritizing Boosters for Pregnant People
• Pfizer Supply
• Call-Out for Immunization Support – Routine Immunizations
• COVID-19 Testing Changes
• Public Health Ontario Resources

• COVID-19 Updated Guidance
• Updates to Provincial Guidance on PPE for COVID-19
• Moderna – 10 doses per vial
• Saving Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 12-29
• Additional Measures for Long-term Care
  • Upcoming COVID-19 IPAC Webinar

• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• Pfizer Supply
• Booster Dose Observation Period
• COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Aged 5 in 2022
• Quiet Appointments for Kids 5-11 at TBDHU