Cathy Binette knows first-hand the power of an organ donation – and she encourages Islanders to use a new online tool to register to be a donor. Binette received a kidney 20 years ago from a friend as part of the first friend-to-friend organ donation in Atlantic Canada. Health...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new precautionary and temporary measures in response to the Omicron variant of concern. “The situation with Omicron is evolving and we will know more about how transmissible this variant is in the coming weeks. I am...
Supporting Island families - The Prince Edward Island government’s recent investment in a Concussion Awareness Program for Island youth is good news to the executive director of Sport PEI. “Athletes and Coaches are becoming more aware that concussions are brain injuries and can’t...
Premier Dennis King and Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, have announced additional changes to the Moving Forward reopening plan for PEI. Effective immediately, individuals are no longer required to wear a mask while seated at indoor events (church services...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new measures for those travelling to or from Prince Edward Island. "Given changes in epidemiology and increased infectious pressure in Atlantic Canada in the past few days, it is necessary to increase restrictions...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new, eased restrictions for Prince Edward Island. Islanders are encouraged to keep gatherings small and households should associate with a limited number of individuals this holiday season. “Christmas will be...
Antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, are used in agriculture across all livestock sectors to treat infections in animals. In Canada based on 2020 data, approximately 82% of antimicrobials that are important to human medicine were distributed and/or sold for use in food...
Effective May 1, 2025, many insulin products and oral diabetes medications are eligible for full coverage under the National Pharmacare Program (NPP); see National Pharmacare Program for more information. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you may be eligible for coverage...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. One individual is in their 30s and two are in their 50s. Two cases are related to travel outside of PEI and one case is a close contact of a previously announced...
The Chief Public Health Office has received an interjurisdictional notification regarding a COVID-19 case who traveled to PEI prior to testing positive. The individual is from Atlantic Canada and recently tested positive in their home jurisdiction. The individual was on Prince...