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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... that BC is on track to achieve elimination by 2030, 28 607 people living with HCV in BC remain untreated.[ 1 ] Many have ... of social and economic marginalization. Around 17% of people testing antibody positive in BC between 1990 and 2018 ... in Canada to recommend one-time birth cohort screening for people born between 1945 and 1965. As this birth cohort ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... parts of heroin, sugar, and other substances. He has seen people make fentanyl twice by mixing carfentanil with other ... Another downside was dealing with overdoses: “Some people can’t take it because you are killing people. What you’re selling can kill someone.” ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... ranging from 90 to 130 most days. On 29 June 2021, 380 people died across the province [ Figure ]. There were 1630 ... suggests that high temperatures simply killed hundreds of people who would probably still be alive had the weather ... neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status, where more people live alone and where there is less protection provided ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... of potential eye disease, only half (54%) of these people reach out to a health care professional about their ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... to unprecedented levels in British Columbia. In 2020, 1724 people died of drug overdose compared to 984 people in 2019.[ 1 ] There has been a significant increase in ... 3 ] Increasing exposure to benzodiazepines puts many people who use drugs at risk for withdrawal symptoms (e.g., ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... fatal and independent shootings of two young Indigenous people, Rodney Levi and Chantel Moore, by police in New ... determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” Although these ... nutritionally fortified foods in the diets of Indigenous people after widespread hunger and malnutrition in Canadian ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... remote, and northern communities; and gender-diverse people). Engaging youth to speak to their needs and ...
Premise / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD May 2020
... auditory, or olfactory stimulation to the point that some people may feel intruded upon and react negatively. Today we ... circumstances, the interpersonal distance chosen by people depends on attitudes toward each other, as well as ... neighborhoods, cities, and even countries. Overall, people are resilient to short-term social distancing, ...
Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... of Care is a comprehensive service mostly for Indigenous people, who are the foundation’s customer-owners (i.e., ... based on the cultural values of the Indigenous Alaskan people who own the SCF. Other examples of important Nuka ...