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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... overboard a boat within the harvest area.[ 1 ] In 2011, 62 people became ill during the first recorded outbreak of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... Norovirus causes a mild self-limiting infection; most people will recover within 1 to 3 days without medical ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... The Ministry of Health estimates that about 176000 people in BC are without a family doctor and actively looking ... Cowichan Valley. In doing so, it was aiming to give more people access to good primary care through a longitudinal ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, June 2012
... Mission.  Home health case managers coordinate care for people with complex needs who require ongoing support in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... it remains a worldwide scourge. Globally, 25 million people are infected, with an estimated annual incidence of 12 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... and Immigration Canada (CIC), evaluated TB incidence in people entering BC between 2004 and 2010. A total of 324 TB ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... contribute to breakthrough varicella in immunized people after the first dose. Several US outbreak ... in the past 15 years have affected First Nations people living on reserve.[ 6 , 7 ] The largest of these four ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, October 2012
... the delivery of mental health care for young people, with FPs becoming more competent in identifying and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2012
... lesion, erythema mi­grans, develops in 60% to 80% of people with LD and may be accompanied by fever, arthralgia, ... symptom (n = 68) and physician-observed sign (n = 58) in people treated for LD. Rash, fever, and arthritis were ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... occurred over the past decade, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from communities at risk of fire or ...