BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP
March 2020
... of sea level rise, disrupting health services not only for people living near the ocean but those across the province ... Vancouver, which together serve a population of 300 000 people, are vulnerable to a 1-in-500-year storm surge even at ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 /
BY: Kathleen Ross, MD
June 2020
... Truly inspiring work has been done by an untold number of people to pull this all together. Now we wait. Physical ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Alan Woodland
October 2020
... their mental and physical health. In BC, the number of people over age 65 continues to increase and is expected to ... opportunities to ride as a passenger in a shared vehicle. People who ride as passengers in shared vehicles drive less ...
Letters /
BY: Helen Hays, MD, CCFP, FCFP
January/February 2020
... are not useful for injured workers unless they help people get back to work. This article [ BCMJ 2019;61:176,179 ...
Premise /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
July/August 2020
... and activists have made it clear that they expect people (particularly White people) in positions of leadership and of privilege, who have ... review on breast and cervical cancer in Black Canadians (people of African/Caribbean/Black ancestry living in ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
December 2020
... a little. I am trying to remember that just because other people have bigger problems does not mean I cannot mourn my ... even toying with the idea of creating a network for these people so they can talk with each other through this ...
Letters /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
March 2020
... dozens of patents to his name, but with enough publicity people like him can easily become gurus, which is not good. I ...
Back Page, COVID-19 /
BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN
September 2020
... worldwide and over 700 000 deaths.[ 3 ] Billions of people around the globe have been ordered to shelter in ... and preserve a lack of safety nets. And the challenges people face in the Western world pale in comparison to those ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC
April 2020
... those with a diagnosed illness, the majority (over 80%) of people have mild illness with recovery in about 2 weeks. ... on cruise ships suggested that a substantial proportion of people with infection are asymptomatic. Children and ... increase, as we shift from containment to mitigation. People with mild symptoms consistent with COVID-19 (or with ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Shayda A. Swann, BSc
November 2020
... Morolake O, Stephens D, Welbourn A. Greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care. J Int AIDS Soc ...