BC Centre for Disease Control

Invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections have been reportable in BC since 1997. Since that time, two periods of heightened activity have been observed: in 2008 when 259 confirmed cases were... Read More

Between November 2016 and March 2017 more than 400 individuals across Canada developed norovirus gastroenteritis associated with the consumption of BC oysters. Over 100 cases occurred mid-November in... Read More

Mumps is a contagious infectious disease that was common in Canadian school-age children before the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was introduced starting in 1983. Two MMR doses have been... Read More

In January 2017 the BC Minister of Health announced the approval of publicly funded human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine for boys. The program will start in the 2017–18 school year and all grade 6... Read More

Rabies is an almost invariably fatal zoonotic viral infection, and kills more than 59 000 people annually around the world, mostly in Asia and Africa. In Canada, rabies is rare; the last human case... Read More