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  • At-home kit from public health gives more options for STI testing

    Sep 04, 2025


    SIMCOE MUSKOKA – The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is excited to announce a new partnership with GetaKit, an online service that delivers free and discreet at-home, self-testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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  • West Nile virus surveillance testing finds second positive bird and mosquito pool in Simcoe Muskoka

    Aug 12, 2025


    SIMCOE MUSKOKA – The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) continues to see West Nile virus (WNv) activity in our communities with a positive test reported in a bird in the City of Barrie and a second mosquito pool testing positive for the virus in the Town of New Tecumseth. These positive results are in addition to the positive test in a bird in the municipality of Bradford West Gwillimbury during the month of July and a positive mosquito pool reported last week in New Tecumseth.
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