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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Henry Lau, RD January/February 2020
... food choices As the common first point of contact for people accessing the health care system, physicians play an ... approach to addressing food insecurity is to refer people to charitable food outlets such as food banks; ... a number of systems-level changes to support Indigenous people’s access to both healthy food and their traditional ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD 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 ...
Back Page / BY: Ed Martin, BA May 2020
... with bright, enthusiastic, and, yes, nervous young people does give one hope. They show a strong desire to help ... patient (SP) program. Making up an eclectic group of people of all ages and backgrounds but populated with a large ... greatest satisfaction is being part of a team of dedicated people working to help train the physicians of tomorrow. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2020
... reported in BC.[ 1 ] COVID-19 disproportionately affects people who use substances, including risk of transmission, ... (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and drug overdose risk. How are people who use substances impacted by COVID-19? People who use substances are often socioeconomically ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... were a diverse group of World War II veterans, Indigenous people, and patients who had survived the brutal Hong Kong ...
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: Michael Otterstatter, MSc, PhD October 2020
... in a population, scientists track over time how many other people are likely to become infected from a single case. This ... each person with COVID-19 was infecting nearly three other people. Through the spring, BC reduced that number down to ... plays a key role in disease control by quickly identifying people who may have been exposed to the virus. These people ...