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Dr. Alexis Crabtree, medical lead for harm reduction and substance use services at the BC Centre for Disease Control, speaks with Jordan Armstrong about medetomidin now infilitrating the already tainted drug supply. The powerful sedative is now being found in street drugs across B.C., and has led to a recent spike in 911 calls.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is issuing a province-wide drug alert after finding street opioids containing an animal tranquilizer. The BCCDC’s Dr. Alexis Crabtree explains what medetomidine is and the risks when it’s ingested by people.

At just seven weeks into the new year, the U.S. has already reached 910 cases of measles infections, according to the latest numbers released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The majority of cases are among kids and teens aged five to 19. South Carolina is the current hot spot for the disease...

BC Centre for Disease Control Environmental Health Services director Dr. Sarah Henderson provided some health advice to British Columbians at a press Wednesday wildfire update press conference as wildfire smoke continues its way across parts of the province including the Lower Mainland.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tumultuous first seven months on the job were under scrutiny at a Senate hearing. Jackson Proskow explains how Kennedy faced tough questions from both Democrats and Republicans about his controversial policies and decisions on COVID-19, the gutting of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and his refusal...

Jim O’Neill has been selected as the new interim CDC director after U.S. President Donald Trump fired his previous pick, Susan Monarez, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Jim O’Neill has been selected as the new interim CDC director after U.S. President Donald Trump fired his previous pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Joe Scarpelli has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 29, 2025.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Reserve are both under intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Neetu Garcha explains the White House’s attempts to fire senior officials in both independent agencies, and the widespread pushback.

Chaos at America’s leading public health agency as the White House is attempting to fire the head of the organization, Dr. Susan Monarez, who refused to resign, less than a month after she was appointed to the top role. Meanwhile, four top health officials at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) quit overnight.

The majority of Americans are getting more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods according to a new report from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Thursday Aug. 7, 2025.

A DeKalb County police officer was shot and killed Friday after responding to gunfire near Emory University in Atlanta, close to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC campus). Authorities say the suspect was also killed and there is no indication of a second shooter. Authorities have identified the suspect as a 30-year-old man from suburban...

U.S. health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines. He is pledging to replace them with his own picks. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for June 10, 2025.

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Jan. 28, 2025.

New research is highlighting the essential role of healthcare professionals in preventing overdose deaths in patients with certain chronic health conditions. Heather Palis of the BC Centre for Disease Control discusses how stimulants are playing an increasing role in drug toxicity deaths.

Ten people have been hospitalized and one person has died after E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger in 10 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Tuesday. Forty-nine people from 10 states have fallen sick from the same strain of E. coli, the CDC said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. are warning the new Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading even among vaccinated Americans, with officials calling it as contagious as chicken pox. It comes after a CDC review found nearly three-quarters of those infected at an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., were fully vaccinated.

It claimed hundreds of lives and now we’re learning the full impact of June’s heat dome. Dr. Sarah Henderson, Scientific Director of Environmental Health at the BC Centre for Disease Control, explains.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is providing additional guidance after facing criticism for recommending shorter isolation periods, saying people can get a rapid test around the fifth day of isolation but that it would not be a requirement. Sean Previl has more on those developments and the latest age group approved for...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), explained on Wednesday the organization’s decision to cut the isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19 to five days.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says officials are finding it challenging to eradicate mosquitoes in a part of Miami where 14 people appear to have contracted the Zika virus.