BC Centre for Disease Control

A key strategy for controlling communicable disease in British Columbia is the immunization of children and high-risk groups against vaccine-preventable disease. The BC Ministry of Health Services... Read More

Exposure to air pollutants is an important public health problem in British Columbia. Conservative estimates place the premature death toll from air pollution in BC at approximately 140 to 400 deaths... Read More

Influenza epidemics occur each winter, due to subtle mutations in the influenza virus as it evolves. Influenza arrives suddenly each year, spreads rapidly to peak within 2 to 3 weeks, and lasts 5 to... Read More

The Canadian Adverse Events Study evaluated the incidence of adverse events related to medical mismanagement in Canadian hospitals.[1] Since adverse drug reactions were included in the analysis... Read More

In the 1998 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Guidelines, azithromycin (1.0 gm orally as a single dose) replaced doxycycline (100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days) as treatment of choice... Read More