After a prolonged period of decline, the rate of genital chlamydia infection in BC has steadily increased since 1998.[1] The 2007 rate of 227.6 per 100000 rose to 239.3 in 2008, in parallel with... Read More
BC Centre for Disease Control
Canada is a favored destination for immigrants from many parts of the world. In 2006 the World Health Organization reported that 83% of all tuberculosis cases occurred in three geographical regions—... Read More
Two new information tools are available to assist physicians in responding to patient concerns about air pollution and to help interpret public air-quality health messaging. The primer offers... Read More
In April 2009, clusters of severe respiratory illness in Mexico and sporadic cases of more typical influenza illness were identified in California and Texas due to a novel influenza A H1N1 (human... Read More
The rapidly growing use of new macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin and clarithromycin in British Columbia and Canada has been associated with increasing levels of macrolide resistance in gram... Read More