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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tick-borne-diseases-mpox-public-health-1.6856039
3 tick-borne diseases, mpox added to list of notifiable diseases, illnesses in N.S.
List is updated based on observations by labs, health-care providers
Michael Gorman CBC News Posted: May 28, 2023 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Nova Scotia is adding four diseases — three related to tick bites — to the list of illnesses and conditions that health-care professionals and lab staff must report to Public Health upon observation.
The tick-borne diseases anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus, along with mpox, are being added to a list that includes other diseases and conditions such as cholera, Ebola, measles, rabies, shellfish poisoning and typhoid.
Jennifer Heatley, executive director of Public Health, said the most recent additions come because they're viewed as emerging issues. There is also a clause in the Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions Regulations that requires any unusual incidents of disease to be reported to Public Health...
3 tick-borne diseases, mpox added to list of notifiable diseases, illnesses in N.S.
List is updated based on observations by labs, health-care providers
Michael Gorman CBC News Posted: May 28, 2023 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Nova Scotia is adding four diseases — three related to tick bites — to the list of illnesses and conditions that health-care professionals and lab staff must report to Public Health upon observation.
The tick-borne diseases anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus, along with mpox, are being added to a list that includes other diseases and conditions such as cholera, Ebola, measles, rabies, shellfish poisoning and typhoid.
Jennifer Heatley, executive director of Public Health, said the most recent additions come because they're viewed as emerging issues. There is also a clause in the Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions Regulations that requires any unusual incidents of disease to be reported to Public Health...