BC Centre for Disease Control

In February 2009, Infanrix-hexa will be introduced in BC. It is a combination vaccine for infants starting their primary vaccine series against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus... Read More

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents has become a major public health threat.[1] Few novel antibiotics have been developed as therapeutic alternatives in the last decade. Because the rate of... Read More

The debate of whether there are adverse effects associated with electromagnetic fields from living close to high-voltage power lines has raged for years. While research indicates that large risks are... Read More

In 2008, a pregnant female in her 30s presented to a British Col­um­bia hospital with a stiff neck, fever, back pain, and headache at 21 weeks’ gestation. She went into premature labor and delivered... Read More

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in wo­men worldwide. Human papillo­mavirus (HPV) causes cancer of the cervix. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and 8 of 10... Read More