| 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 | | |
| Safer supply is part of a continuum of care | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/OAD-spotlight-photo.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Safer supply is part of a continuum of care | Researchers with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) are working to better understand the implementation and outcomes of providing a regulated supply of drugs to people who are at risk of overdose. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/safer-supply-research | | 2022-08-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| BCCDC gets funding to make testing accessible for remote communities | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/research_stock_photo.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BCCDC gets funding to make testing accessible for remote communities | Three BCCDC projects receive $1 million in funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to advance COVID-19 and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing in remote, rural or Indigenous communities | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/bccdc_gets_funding_for_testing | | 2022-08-25T07:00:00Z | | |
| Early hepatitis C treatment key to lowering risk of cancer | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/HepC_virus.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Early hepatitis C treatment key to lowering risk of cancer | For World Hepatitis Day on July 28, BCCDC urges people diagnosed with Hepatitis C to seek treatment. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/world-hepatitis-day-2022 | | 2022-07-28T07:00:00Z | | |
| Health checks during heat waves can help protect the most susceptible | <img alt="Cooling off with feet in a basin of cold water" src="/news-releases-site/PublishingImages/senior-feet-cooling.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Health checks during heat waves can help protect the most susceptible | A new health check guide by the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health helps to identify people at risk and provides guidance on how to keep cool during extreme heat events. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/health-check-guide | | 2022-07-26T07:00:00Z | | |
| Gear up for wildfire season | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Wildfire%20smoke-4.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Gear up for wildfire season | As wildfire season approaches, it’s important that you are prepared for the worst. Here are a few tips to keep you and your loved ones safe this year. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/gear-up-for-wildfire-season | | 2022-07-04T07:00:00Z | | |
| First monkeypox case detected in B.C. | | First monkeypox case detected in B.C. | | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/first-monkeypox-case | | 2022-06-06T07:00:00Z | | |
| Waiting to get your child vaccinated? What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine/vaccines-children/VaccinesChildren_howvaxwork.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Waiting to get your child vaccinated? What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines | New resources to address parents’ top questions on COVID-19 vaccination. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/resources-children-covid-19-vaccines | | 2022-06-02T07:00:00Z | | |
| Reports of Monkeypox in B.C. | | Reports of Monkeypox in B.C. | | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2022/reports-monkeypox | | 2022-05-20T07:00:00Z | | |
