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New Brunswick A measles outbreak in New Brunswick that resulted in a cluster of cases in Ontario and helped push Canada’s case count to the highest it’s been in a decade, is over, the Department of Health announced Tuesday. Outbreak, declared Nov. 1 in Fredericton region, saw 50 cases confirmed, allContinue Reading

New Brunswick Two new clinics that pay people for their plasma have opened in Fredericton and Saint John, following a location that was established in Moncton in 2017.  The 3 clinics are owned by Grifols, a Spanish multinational pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer Allyson McCormack · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading

A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding itself caught in a coyote snare — something that the institute says is not a new occurrence. “We have seen it before, where we’ve had other eagles, bald eagles — and even a golden eagle some years backContinue Reading

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her government would be willing to ban the herbicide glyphosate if a new investigation finds a link to the purported mystery brain illness that a Moncton neurologist says he is tracking. Premier says residents fear herbicide’s impacts; federal scientist says it isn’t showing upContinue Reading

New Brunswick Tyler Totten, 19, is one of four charged in connection with the death of 41-year-old André Bourgeois following what police described as a “serious assault” in Fredericton’s downtown bar district in September. Tyler Totten, 19, is one of four charged in connection with the death of 41-year-old AndréContinue Reading

A measles outbreak in New Brunswick and a surge of cases across Canada has renewed calls for a national vaccination registry. New Brunswick has 50 confirmed cases of the highly infectious respiratory disease, as of Wednesday — all in health Zone 3, which includes Fredericton and parts of the Upper St. John RiverContinue Reading

New Brunswick Almost half the customers who lost power during New Brunswick’s first snowfall of the season early Friday were still without it late in the day. Schools were closed in several districts Friday because of road conditionsCBC News · Posted: Nov 29, 2024 6:53 AM EST | Last Updated: 7Continue Reading

More than a quarter of New Brunswick kindergarten students did not meet the immunization requirements to enter public school in 2023-24, the latest figures from the Department of Health show. Only 71.8 per cent of students provided proof of full immunization against nine diseases, including measles, mumps and meningococcal disease, as requiredContinue Reading

A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada’s annual case count to the highest it’s been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have allowed it to take hold, says an immunologist. Forty-four cases have now been confirmed in the province, all in health Zone 3,Continue Reading