Health PEI is encouraging Island parents of children and students who are not yet up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines to take advantage of appointments still available at clinics across the province this month. Starting today (August 17) and through the end of August, there...
Grants and incentives are rolling out to support Island residents interested in providing licensed child care in their own home. Licensed family home centres can receive financial support to reduce parent fees, fund wages and professional development opportunities, and purchase...
The PEI Cancer Treatment Centre offers a Tobacco Cessation and Relapse Prevention Program to help patients quit smoking. This program is available free of charge to both patients and caregivers of patients who smoke cigarettes, vape, or use other tobacco products. Is it to late...
The Provincial Integrated Palliative Care Program and Island EMS are working together to support palliative care patients with after-hours (evening and overnight) in-home care when they need it. Through the Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home program trained paramedics...
Hepatitis C (hep C) is a liver infection caused by hepatitis C virus, which is spread through contact with blood of an infected person. Download: Hepatitis C Fact Sheet
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, is encouraging parents and guardians of children ages 5 to 11 years to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. “It is concerning the uptake among 5 to 11 year old children has slowed considerably. I urge parents and guardians of...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced 304 new cases of COVID-19 and 127 recoveries in PEI since last reporting on Monday, January 10, 2022. “We have not yet reached the peak of PEI’s cases; we are expecting to see cases rise over the next couple of...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced 175 new cases of COVID-19 and 116 recoveries in PEI. These new cases are still under investigation and contact tracing is underway. There are currently 1,550 active cases of COVID-19 and there have been 2,463 cases...
Health PEI has more than 3,500 available appointments at its clinics across the province this month for Islanders to get their next dose of COVID-19 vaccine and extend their protection against the virus and its variants through the fall and winter seasons. Starting today and...
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison and the Summerside Police Services are warning Islanders of the presence of a highly potent opioid, fentanyl, in the province following recent accidental overdoses involving the drug in the Summerside area. There have been two...