Recent audits have revealed that physicians may be claiming fee item 14033 (complex care) when there is no confirmed diagnosis of a second chronic condition.  Fee item 14033 was developed to... Read More

What is Zika? Zika virus is a flavivirus from the same family as dengue virus and West Nile virus. Infection in humans was rare and isolated to Africa and Asia until 2007.[1-3] Since the first human... Read More

The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Canada has been declining. According to Health Canada, in 2012 the national incidence was 4.8 per 100 000, and in British Columbia 6.1 per 100 000. In certain... Read More

If you are a new graduate, an international medical graduate, or a physician transitioning out of full-time practice who is interested in entering rural practice, you may be eligible to receive up to... Read More

Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and UBC have come to a new understanding of the origin and development of cancer that occurs in the uterus and ovary... Read More