| Wastewater surveillance expands to Interior and Island Health | <img alt="BCCDC Public Health Laboratory employee wears protective equipment as they pipette wastewater samples for COVID-19 testing" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/testing/Wastewater-lab.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Wastewater surveillance expands to Interior and Island Health | Testing community wastewater for COVID-19 provides information on how levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus are changing within an area over time. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/wastewater-surveillance-expands | | 2023-01-20T08:00:00Z | | |
| Preliminary results show influenza vaccine providing substantial protection against infection during early wave | <img alt="" src="/news-releases-site/PublishingImages/Vaccinated_grandparent%20and%20child.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Preliminary results show influenza vaccine providing substantial protection against infection during early wave | Interim findings show a substantial reduction in the risk of influenza illness for vaccinated people. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/influenza-vaccine-protection | | 2022-12-23T08:00:00Z | | |
| More overdoses can be prevented with interventions for people leaving correctional centres who use stimulants | | More overdoses can be prevented with interventions for people leaving correctional centres who use stimulants | People with a history of stimulant use disorder face an increased risk of overdose and overdose death following release from provincial correctional centres. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/overdoses-prevented-correctional-centres | | 2022-11-23T08:00:00Z | | |
| It’s respiratory illness season | <a href="http://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/data-reports/respiratory-diseases"><img alt=" COVID-19 is circulating along with ERV, RSV and influenza" src="/news-releases-site/PublishingImages/Positivity-respiratory-viruses.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /></a> | It’s respiratory illness season | Learn how to protect yourself and your family. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/respiratory-illness-season | | 2022-11-10T08:00:00Z | | |
| Public notified of scam calls about monkeypox | | Public notified of scam calls about monkeypox | The BC Centre for Disease Control and regional health authorities are alerting the public about reports of scam automated calls about monkeypox test results or exposures. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/scam-calls-monkeypox | | 2022-10-19T07:00:00Z | | |
| BCCDC launches new data platform for respiratory diseases | <img alt="" src="/news-releases-site/PublishingImages/sitrep.PNG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BCCDC launches new data platform for respiratory diseases | The BC Centre of Disease Control is combining surveillance reporting to include influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens in one platform to better monitor trends throughout the respiratory season. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/data-platform-for-respiratory-diseases | | 2022-10-13T07:00:00Z | | |
| Spread gratitude, not bacteria, this Thanksgiving holiday with these safe cooking tips | <img alt="Image of a cooked turkey on a dinner table suggesting a Thanksgiving dinner." src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/Thanksgiving_2022.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Spread gratitude, not bacteria, this Thanksgiving holiday with these safe cooking tips | The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is reminding everyone to follow safe cooking and food handling practices this Thanksgiving holiday. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/safe_thanksgiving_2022 | | 2022-10-05T07:00:00Z | | |
| Second dose monkeypox vaccine appointments to begin this week | | Second dose monkeypox vaccine appointments to begin this week | The Province of British Columbia will begin offering second doses of the monkeypox vaccine to those who received a first dose. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/second-dose-monkeypox-vaccine | | 2022-10-03T07:00:00Z | | |
| COVID-19 vaccines for children: ‘It’s just something that we do to protect them’ | <img alt="" src="/news-releases-site/PublishingImages/Amy.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | COVID-19 vaccines for children: ‘It’s just something that we do to protect them’ | Why one family decided to vaccinate their two children against COVID-19. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/covid-19-vaccines-children | | 2022-09-14T07:00:00Z | | |
| Nothing about us, without us. | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/Charleneburmeister.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Nothing about us, without us. | On this International Overdose Awareness Day, Charlene Burmeister, harm reduction worker, reflects on a decade of working in the field and shares her thoughts on challenges and what keeps her going. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/charlene_burmeister_ioad2022 | | 2022-08-31T07:00:00Z | | |
