British Columbia introduced the pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent (PPV23) vaccine in 1996 for bone marrow transplant recipients and asplenics. Over the next 2 years, the program expanded to... Read More
BC Centre for Disease Control
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared 18–24 November as World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. Antimicrobial resistance is one of the WHO’s top 10 threats to global health and was... Read More
Why is it important for public health and health care providers to build trust with Indigenous patients and communities? This question came to the forefront due to the health impacts, stress, and... Read More
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals hypothesized that a shadow pandemic of mental illness was imminent.[1] Mental health issues among adolescents have been increasing steadily... Read More
The 2021 heat dome was one of the deadliest weather events in Canadian history,[1] and during that period schizophrenia was associated with a higher risk of death than any other chronic disease.[2]... Read More