York Region Public Health is now offering Grade 7 & 8 vaccine appointments for York Region students only.

Please contact Access York for more information 1-877-464-9675.

York region website: https://www.york.ca/health/immunizations/immunization-clinics

Stouffville Medical Centre is currently offering catch-up student immunization clinics for students (grade 7 and up) and for eligible individuals who missed getting vaccines offered at schools, due to the pandemic program disruption.

Online booking: https://www.stouffvillemedicalcentre.ca/grade7

Publicly funded vaccines: Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Meningococcal A, C, Y, W-135

Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus. There is no cure for hepatitis B but most people will recover from it. About 10 per cent of those infected with the virus will carry it for life and can spread the virus to others. Hepatitis B can cause permanent liver damage or even death. It is the biggest cause of liver cancer.

Meningococcal disease is an illness that can cause meningitis (inflammation of the tissue around the brain and spinal cord) or meningococcemia (infection of the blood). This disease can cause severe long-term health complications or death.

HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) is a very common virus that has many strains. The HPV vaccine can prevent infections from the HPV strains that cause of the majority of cervical cancer and genital warts.