| Reframing the way we think of and care for people who use substances | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/International%20Overdose%20Awareness%20Day-BCCDC.png?RenditionID=3" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Reframing the way we think of and care for people who use substances | August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day and this year’s theme is: Recognizing people who go unseen. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/reframing-care-for-people-who-use-substances | | 2023-08-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| Dr. Jane Buxton appointed to the Order of B.C. for harm reduction work | <img alt="A woman wearing a black sweater with a green and blue floral blouse smiles and looks at the camera" src="/PublishingImages/Lists/Highlights/AllItems/Jane%20Buxton%20headshot%20square.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Dr. Jane Buxton appointed to the Order of B.C. for harm reduction work | Buxton, who is perhaps best known for helping launch the Take Home Naloxone program, calls the honour "humbling and unexpected." | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/jane-buxton-order-of-british-columbia | | 2023-08-09T07:00:00Z | | |
| B.C. experiencing an increase in Cyclospora infections | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Cyclospora%20-%20produce.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | B.C. experiencing an increase in Cyclospora infections | Take precautions to prevent Cyclospora infections. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/cyclospora-infections | | 2023-08-04T07:00:00Z | | |
| From the grassy ground to the lab: What the BCCDC tick team wants you to know | <img alt="A man stands in a white flannel suit in the forest, holding a white blanket used to collect ticks." src="/PublishingImages/Lists/Highlights/AllItems/Stefan%20tick%20drag%201.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | From the grassy ground to the lab: What the BCCDC tick team wants you to know | Tick surveillance, testing and awareness efforts at BCCDC share the latest data on where ticks are located in B.C., the pathogens they're carrying, how to protect yourself from tick-borne diseases and what to do if you get bit. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/the-latest-data-on-ticks-in-british-columbia | | 2023-08-01T07:00:00Z | | |
| Tackling hepatitis at home and in the community | <img alt="Sofia as a toddler is held by her father in front of a sign that says Happy Birthday Sofia" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/world-hepatitis-day/Sofia%20and%20her%20Dad%202.JPG" width="530" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Tackling hepatitis at home and in the community | Ahead of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, Senior Scientist Sofia Bartlett shared how her commitment to improving outcomes for people diagnosed with hepatitis likely saved her father’s life. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/world-hepatitis-day | | 2023-07-27T07:00:00Z | | |
| Be on the lookout for poisonous death cap mushrooms in southwestern B.C. | <img alt="" src="/resource-gallery/Documents/Images/Square/EH/Amanita_phalloides(mgw-22)_copyright%20permission%20from%20Dr.%20Wood_2018Nov7.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Be on the lookout for poisonous death cap mushrooms in southwestern B.C. | Toxic death cap mushrooms have been appearing early in urban areas of southwestern B.C. this year. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/lookout-for-poisonous-death-cap-mushrooms | | 2023-07-14T07:00:00Z | | |
| Can a familiar antibiotic help prevent STIs? | <a href="http://www.bccdc.ca/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/disco-trial/disco%20home%20page.png"><img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/2023/disco-trial/DISCO%20STI%20prevention.png?RenditionID=3" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /></a> | Can a familiar antibiotic help prevent STIs? | DISCO clinical trial will compare the effectiveness of taking doxycycline daily versus taking it after a potential exposure to a sexually transmitted infection. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/disco-trial | | 2023-07-05T07:00:00Z | | |
| It Takes 2: New campaign reminds eligible people to get a second dose of mpox vaccine ahead of Pride events | <img alt="Two ads side by side with the text: Mpox Vaccine It Takes 2. Get your second dose of the mpox vaccine in time for summer. " src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/It%20Takes%20Two%20ads.png?RenditionID=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | It Takes 2: New campaign reminds eligible people to get a second dose of mpox vaccine ahead of Pride events | The mpox vaccine is given as a two-dose vaccine. Get vaccinated in time for summer. | http://www.bccdc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/2023/it-takes-2-mpox-vaccine | | 2023-06-29T07:00:00Z | | |
| 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="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/stories/2023/bccdc-and-vancouver-street-artists-promote-hepatitis-c-treatment/Trey,%20Smokey,%20Pam,%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 | | |
