New data highlights high cost of healthy eating in B.C. | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Food%20costing.png?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New data highlights high cost of healthy eating in B.C. | A new report suggests nutritious diets are unaffordable for many B.C. families and individuals living on low-incomes.
| http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/new-data-highlights-cost-healthy-eating | | 2023-05-25T07:00:00Z | | |
BCCDC teams up with Vancouver street artists to promote hepatitis C treatment | <img alt="Trey Helten, Smokey D, Pam Young and Sofia Bartlett stand in front of a hepatitis C awareness mural. Graffiti text: Did U Know" src="https://pod.phsa.ca/news/PublishingImages/Pages/DTES-hep-c-awareness/Trey%2c%20Smokey%2c%20Pam%2c%20Sofia.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BCCDC teams up with Vancouver street artists to promote hepatitis C treatment | A mural on the Downtown Eastside warns about the damage hep C can do to people's organs and encourages them to seek more information and treatment. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/bccdc-and-vancouver-street-artists-promote-hepatitis-c-treatment | | 2023-05-17T07:00:00Z | | |
Celebrating the diverse and talented nurses at BCCDC | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Nursing%20week_Social_Thank%20You_CDC_1920x1080.jpg?RenditionID=2" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Celebrating the diverse and talented nurses at BCCDC | National Nursing Week is May 8-14 and to celebrate, we are highlighting a few of the nurses who make up the BC Centre for Disease Control team. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/national-nursing-week | | 2023-05-08T07:00:00Z | | |
Have your say in B.C.'s largest population health survey | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/SPEAK/BCSPEAKSurvey_WebsiteBanner.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Have your say in B.C.'s largest population health survey | Participate in the third SPEAK population health survey to help improve the health and well-being of your community. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/speak-population-health-survey | | 2023-04-25T07:00:00Z | | |
New study finds people with schizophrenia were at higher risk during B.C.’s 2021 heat dome | <img alt="Blazing, hot sun against an orange and yellow sky" src="/PublishingImages/Extreme%20heat-web.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New study finds people with schizophrenia were at higher risk during B.C.’s 2021 heat dome | New study published in GeoHealth looks at health risks for people with chronic conditions during extreme heat events.
| http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/schizophrenia-risk-heat | | 2023-03-16T07:00:00Z | | |
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 | | |