The Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSC) recently announced an important development in providing British Columbia with one of the most comprehensive rural support programs in Canada.... Read More

Progress toward creating a Bill of Health Care Rights for British Columbian children and youth. The BCMA is poised to be the first provincial medical association to develop a Bill of Health Care... Read More

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects about 1.5% of British Columbians. The incubation period is usually 6 to 9 weeks. However over 80% of persons acutely infected with HCV are asymptomatic and... Read More

Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii (herein referred to as C. gattii) emerged for the first time in a region with a temperate climate on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in 1999... Read More

Acronyms are an essential, though sometimes baffling, part of the medical lexicon. In a world in which speed and brevity are crucial to communication, they provide us with short forms for complicated... Read More