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Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC
The public health emergency caused by toxic unregulated drugs continues to impact communities throughout BC. It was the fourth-leading cause of death between June 2023 and July 2024 and claimed 2253 lives in 2024, with... Read More
In 2022, 34 youth under 19 years of age died of illicit drug poisoning in BC.[1] Deaths are a result of increasing toxicity of the unregulated drug supply. For youth using substances, access to harm reduction services... Read More
Clinicians in British Columbia have been responding to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that originated in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The virus subsequently spread to countries around the globe, prompting the World... Read More
By late summer, 2017 had seen the death of 1013 British Columbians due to the opioid crisis.[1] Though considerable progress has been made through distribution of naloxone kits, increased treatment programs, and the... Read More
Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne zoonosis caused in North America by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. Humans acquire LD through the bite of an infected tick. The principal... Read More