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BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Caren Rose, PhD, MSc June 2020
... of cases were among individuals aged 30 to 69, and only 2% were pediatric (younger than 19 years). Approximately one ... its own epidemic: a series of regional epidemics.[ 2 ] While BC represents 14% of the Canadian population, it ... than 4% of national COVID-19 cases and deaths so far.[ 2 ] BC’s epidemic curve was most similar to ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
... patient safety, early clinical experiences (years 1 and 2) and clinical clerkship (core and elective rotations, years ... replace in-person early clinical experiences (years 1 and 2) include online posting of clinical skills, development of ... have already completed the core curriculum, short of 2 weeks of electives, which have been now replaced by public ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS June 2020
... and the procedures they carry out. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show screenshots of the website’s map function that ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD June 2020
... with severe disease and death from infection with SARS-CoV-2.[ 1-5 ] Obesity was demonstrated to be an important risk ... to date, evaluating the association of BMI with SARS-CoV-2 infection was a retrospective analysis of 3615 COVID-19 ... 60 years, persons with a BMI between 30 and 34 kg/m2 were 2 times more likely to be admitted to acute care and critical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... worldwide, posing a major public health challenge.[ 1 , 2 ] Childhood obesity is complex, with several factors ... and environmental change) the evidence-based Live-5-2-1-0 message: 5 vegetables and fruits every day. 2 hours at most of recreational screen time a day. 1 hour at ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc July/August 2020
... and impacts the care that their patients receive.[ 2 ] Hence, ensuring the optimal health and well-being of our ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2020
... has blamed China for the pandemic and suggested SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a Wuhan laboratory. He has praised armed ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD July/August 2020
... care system needed to become to address the SARS-CoV-2 crisis, or just how quickly new models of care would need ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2020
... are the infant series, including the doses beginning at 2 months of age, and the 12-month doses. Physicians who do ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2020
... dependent on staff for all activities of daily living.[ 2 , 3 ] Those with dementia may wander throughout the ... day), and place limits on private, for-profit care.[ 1 , 2 , 4 ] Second, we can discuss goals of care with clients ...