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WorkSafeBC / BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP June 2024
... not work alone during hot conditions. Working with other people can allow for mutual monitoring for signs of heat ...
News January/February 2024
... over the next 3 years by age group, starting with people 55 and older. All self-collected samples will be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2024
... with direct acting antivirals cures more than 95% of people with chronic HCV infection and is associated with ... Agency of Canada set targets[ 7 ] for the proportion of people living with chronic HBV or HCV infection in Canada to ... of 2023, five working groups were formed, each including people with lived experience of HBV or HCV infection, along ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... This month, we address you as workers yourselves: people who face unique physical and psychological risks at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
... whenever wildfire smoke is affecting air quality. Most people spend the majority of their time indoors, so cleaner ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE June 2024
... costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living with chronic disease is increasing. Among ... incidence (new cases) and prevalence (the total number of people living with a condition) are sourced from the BC ... and Métis Peoples in BC, see other reports.[ 4,5 ] People living with chronic conditions were disproportionately ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kali Sedgemore April 2023
... connect with a youth outreach team or other supportive people identified by the youth. Youth accessing prescribed ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM December 2023
... medical conditions were added in later years, including people who are homeless, underhoused, or using illicit drugs, ...
News June 2023
Starting 1 June 2023, people in BC can get prescriptions from their pharmacist for ... system will be similar to the Get Vaccinated system people used to book COVID-19 and influenza vaccination appointments. People will be able to locate pharmacies that offer the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Samantha Gibbon, BSc April 2023
... with a supplement to the care they provide to Indigenous people in British Columbia. As I near the end of my training ... to address the specific health needs of Indigenous people affected by the MMIWG tragedies.[ 1 , 2 ] It is ... queer, trans, Two Spirit, and gender-nonconforming people are affected as well. The health outcomes of ...