BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 20, 2025
Presumed Measles Case Confirmed Not Measles with Lab Testing PETERBOROUGH, ON (June 20, 2025) — Peterborough Public Health (now legally merged with Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit) is retracting a list of potential public measles exposures, after a presumed case of measles (high clinical suspicion due to compatible symptoms and a known exposure), […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 20, 2025
Prepare and protect yourself and your family from hot weather conditions this summer. As we move into the summer months, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health (now legally merged) are sharing reminders of the significant health risks people can experience during extreme heat conditions, and how to prepare […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 17, 2025
Residents Urged to Check Exposures, Monitor for Symptoms PETERBOROUGH, ON (June 17, 2025) — Today, Peterborough Public Health (now legally merged with Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit) is releasing a list of potential public measles exposures, after another case of measles has been confirmed within the region. Measles has been identified in a […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 16, 2025
The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit Board of Health will meet in-person. PORT HOPE and PETERBOROUGH, ON (June 16, 2025) – The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media and the community of an upcoming Board of Health meeting scheduled […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 10, 2025
Health Unit Announces First Local Case in More Than a Decade Today, Peterborough Public Health (PPH) is announcing the first case of locally acquired measles within the region in more than a decade. The resident is an adult who has been fully vaccinated (considered a “breakthrough case”), with the current source of the exposure unknown. […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 06, 2025
Active wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba trigger health guidance response. (JUNE 5, 2025) — With active wildfires continuing in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health (Health Unit) are closely monitoring local air quality conditions through Environment Canada’s Air Quality Health Index. As smoke from these […]
BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jun 02, 2025
Beaches are Tested and Monitored for Bacteria and Harmful Algae Beach water testing has resumed just in time for the warm weather! Testing includes public beaches in Curve Lake and Hiawatha First Nations, and in the County and City of Peterborough. Starting today, these beaches will be regularly tested by Peterborough Public Health (PPH) to […]
