BC Centre for Disease Control

Radon is a naturally occurring ra­dioactive gas produced from the fission of uranium in bed­rock. Radon decays to alpha-emitting metals that, once inhaled, can damage DNA in the lung’s epithelial... Read More

Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. In British Columbia the Pacific black legged tick, Ixodes pacificus, is the primary vector for B... Read More

Over the past 30 years we have observed the successive loss of penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolone antibiotics to reliably treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae due to drug resistance.[1]... Read More

The publicly funded rotavirus vaccine for infants at 2 and 4 months of age is the orally administered live attenuated monovalent human rotavirus vaccine Rota­rix.[1] Benefits of this vaccine over the... Read More

Now available in BC: E-cards patients can use to notify sex partners to get tested Thousands of people are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) every year in BC. It is important... Read More