BC Centre for Disease Control

Ripples on blue-green water.
BC Centre for Disease Control / September 2025 BY: Janene Erickson, Nak'azdli Whut'en, MPH, BKin, Isha Gill (Punjabi-Sikh occupier), MPH, Rhonda Buie, Anishinaabe, BSc, Sarah Nahinu-Dicks, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Lauren Allard (White occupier), Robin Smoker-Peters, Nlaka'pamux from ƛ̓q̓əmci̓n (Lytton First Nation) and settler ancestry, MA, Kate Jongbloed (White occupier), PhD

“We cannot reconcile until the truths are talked about. Until the truths are dealt with. What are the truths that have happened to our people over the last 150 years?! Well, we don’t want to talk... Read More

Mother and daughter a dentist's appointment
BC Centre for Disease Control / March 2025 BY: David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Kate O’Connor, RN, Edith Blondel-Hill, MD, FRCPC, Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc, Fawziah Lalji, PhD, Hannah Lishman, PhD, Clifford Pau, DMD, MSc, Nick Smith, MPH

It may surprise you to learn that one indication driving a high number of unnecessary prescriptions by medical doctors is the treatment of dental conditions.[1] This is doubly concerning because... Read More