Sea level rise due to melting ice sheets and thermal expansion of the ocean poses serious risks for coastal communities. Elevated sea levels erode shorelines and inundate low-lying coasts; these... Read More
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It has been a year since Health Canada released the new Canada’s Food Guide, which includes the “food guide snapshot” and accompanying web-based tools. The tools take a broad approach to healthy... Read More
British Columbia has the highest rates of breastfeeding initiation in Canada, but there is a sharp decline in breastfeeding in the weeks or months after birth.[1] Supporting families in making... Read More
Far too many patients carry an inaccurate label of beta-lactam allergy and consequently receive alternative antibiotics, often with too broad a spectrum, a higher risk of adverse events, an increased... Read More
In the first half of 2019, there were two cases of congenital syphilis diagnosed in British Columbia; the first cases since 2013. In the context of 919 cases of infectious syphilis reported in BC in... Read More