BC Centre for Disease Control

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

British Columbia is in the midst of a public health crisis, with 914 documented overdose deaths in 2016. While there has been a steady increase in overdose deaths over the past 2 years, December 2016... Read More

During an oil spill crisis, community concerns can outpace the ability of physicians and public health agencies to provide evidence-based information. To assist clinicians, we provide resources for... Read More