B.C. Centre For Disease Control

• Concerns raised over B.C. instructional videos on how to inject drugs

  A safer supply critic says B.C. government-produced instructional videos on injection drugs could be causing harm, but officials say they're keeping drug users safe.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2023
  
• Grocery prices making healthy food unaffordable for B.C. families, report says

  Average monthly costs in 2022 in the five regional health authorities ranged from $1,193 in Fraser Health to $1,366 in Island Health. 

  Health

  May 25, 2023
  
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• No new pediatric flu deaths in B.C. this week, BCCDC says

  Visits to health-care practitioners for respiratory illnesses have finally begun to "stabilize at elevated levels" after increasing steadily since September, the BCCDC says.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2022
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• COVID-19: British Columbians hospitalized with the virus drops slightly

  There was a slight rise in cases of COVID in the province between April 17 to 23 and April 24 to 30, increasing from 2,269 total to 2,283.

  Health

  May 5, 2022
• B.C. records first cases of congenital syphilis in 6 years amid STI outbreak

  Health officials say they've recorded the first cases of a mother passing the disease on to a child since 2013, while overall rates are up 33 per cent.

  Oct 7, 2019
• Possible measles exposure at Vancouver International Airport

  B.C.'s Centre for Disease Control says an 'infectious individual' travelled through the airport twice in recent weeks.

  Health

  Aug 14, 2018
• Health officials warn of measles scare at Vancouver International Airport

  Passengers who travelled on flight CZ3028 and 377 are urged to get checked out.

  Jul 4, 2018
• Police confirm deadly W-18 discovered in Vancouver

  Police are warning residents about W-18, a powerful opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, discovered in Vancouver on April 8.

  Jun 28, 2016
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• Gay, bisexual men failing to see decline in HIV infection rates: report

  While the overall rate of new HIV infections has steadily declined in B.C., the epidemic among gay and bisexual men continues, an annual report says.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2014