| Practice safer drug use to avoid harm this holiday season | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/2021/safer-drug-use-holidays-2021/SaferDrugsUSe_top%20(1).png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Practice safer drug use to avoid harm this holiday season | Tips from the BCCDC and PEEP for lessening the risks associated with consuming drugs during the holidays. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/safer-drug-use-holidays-2021 | | 2021-12-22T08:00:00Z | | |
| COVID-19 vaccines make it possible to ‘spend Christmas with my family’ | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/stephanie.png?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | COVID-19 vaccines make it possible to ‘spend Christmas with my family’ | COVID-19 vaccines for children under 12 are helping to make getting together with family safer during the holidays. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/holiday-vaccination-children | | 2021-12-16T08:00:00Z | | |
| New express testing service helping increase access to STI screening | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/sexual-health/GettyImages-1072755960.jpg?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New express testing service helping increase access to STI screening | A new program out of BCCDC’s STI clinic aims to address a decrease in STI testing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/sti-express-testing | | 2021-12-13T08:00:00Z | | |
| New app shows young people bear the burden of the drug toxicity emergency | <a href="https://bccdc.shinyapps.io/Mortality_Context_ShinyApp/"><img alt="" src="/Health-Professionals-Site/PublishingImages/health-professionals/data-reports/mortality-context-app/Motrality%20app.PNG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /></a> | New app shows young people bear the burden of the drug toxicity emergency | A new application showing mortality data for B.C. reveals illicit drug toxicity is one of the top causes of death and years of life lost in B.C. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/mortality-app-drug-toxicity-emergency | | 2021-12-09T08:00:00Z | | |
| New interactive map estimates local health risk due to indoor radon levels in BC | <a href="http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/prevention-public-health/radon"><img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/health-info/prevention-public-health/radon/Radon_mapword.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /></a> | New interactive map estimates local health risk due to indoor radon levels in BC | British Columbians have a new interactive tool to help them better understand the health risks of indoor radon. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/new-interactive-radon-map | | 2021-11-04T07:00:00Z | | |
| Prepare for influenza season: Get your influenza vaccine. | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/health-info/diseases-conditions/influenza/GettyImages-1311429557.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Prepare for influenza season: Get your influenza vaccine. | With no signs of influenza last year, British Columbians may have lower than usual immunity against the influenza virus this year. Getting a flu shot can help protect you and your loved ones from a serious illness. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/influenza-vaccination-2021 | | 2021-10-19T07:00:00Z | | |
| Two doses prevent about 95 per cent of COVID-19 hospitalizations: B.C. COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness results | <a href="/Health-Info-Site/Documents/Vaccine_Effectiveness_2Doses.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/2021/covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-results/Vaccine%20Effectiveness.png?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /></a> | Two doses prevent about 95 per cent of COVID-19 hospitalizations: B.C. COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness results | New results from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) show that two doses of COVID-19 vaccines are providing strong protection, including against the Delta variant. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-results | | 2021-09-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| It’s time to remember and time to act to prevent overdoses | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Tracy_Scott_1.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | It’s time to remember and time to act to prevent overdoses | International Overdose Awareness Day is a time to remember people who have lost their lives to drug overdose and hold space for their friends and families. It’s a time to listen to people with lived and living experience of substance use. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/it’s-time-to-remember-and-time-to-act-to-prevent-overdoses | | 2021-08-31T07:00:00Z | | |
| Check on people who are isolated to prevent heat deaths | | Check on people who are isolated to prevent heat deaths | Updated - Aug 16, 2021: Heat warnings lifted for Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/check-on-people-who-are-isolated-to-prevent-heat-deaths | | 2021-08-13T07:00:00Z | | |
| Bridging the gap: Improving hepatitis care for patients released from correctional facilities | <img alt="" src="/Health-Info-Site/PublishingImages/health-info/diseases-conditions/hepatitis-c/GettyImages-1287534575.jpg?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Bridging the gap: Improving hepatitis care for patients released from correctional facilities | BCCDC and BCMHSUS focus on improving outcomes for people living with hepatitis C who are incarcerated for World Hepatitis Day, July 28. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2021/world-hepatitis-day-2021 | | 2021-07-28T07:00:00Z | | |
