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Access to medication abortion through community pharmacies in BC: Two-thirds offer timely dispensing
Interviews

Access to medication abortion through community pharmacies in BC: Two-thirds offer timely dispensing

By Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC/ Elizabeth Nethery, PhD/ Wendy V. Norman, MD, MHSc, FCFP/ Laura Schummers, ScD

Dr Caitlin Dunne, BCMJ editor-in-chief, spoke with Drs Elizabeth Nethery, Wendy V. Norman, and Laura Schummers, three of the authors of the recently published JAMA Network Open article “Mifepristone access through community pharmacies when regulated as a routine prescription medication,” to...

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Conversations in a changing climate: Embedding environmental history taking into routine care
Premise

Conversations in a changing climate: Embedding environmental history taking into routine care

By Miini Minami Teng, MD, MPH, MOT/ Sarah B. Henderson, PhD/ David A. McVea, MD, PhD/ Rashmi Chadha, MBChB, MScCH, CCFP (AM), FASAM/ Malcolm Maclure, ScD/ Caroline Stigant, MD/ Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC/ Tim Takaro, MD, MPH, MS/ Videsh Kapoor, MD, CCFP, FCFP

As climate-related exposures increasingly shape health, routine environmental history taking can help clinicians deliver more precise, preventive, and responsive care.

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FIFA World Cup 2026: Ensuring the BC health care system puts its best foot forward
BC Centre for Disease Control

FIFA World Cup 2026: Ensuring the BC health care system puts its best foot forward

By Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC/ Mark Lysyshyn, MD, MPH, FRCPC/ Jennifer Vines, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CCFP

In June and July 2026, the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations; the Province of British Columbia; and the City of Vancouver will host seven FIFA World Cup 2026 matches at BC Place in Vancouver, with Vancouver Coastal Health serving as the host health jurisdiction.

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