BC Gov News

Testing for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is a core tenet of public health.

Now that we are well and truly into our COVID-19 pandemic response, many people throughout British Columbia and Canada have similar questions and concerns.

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have regularly seen people choose to wear a variety of masks, from medical masks to cloth face coverings, in grocery stores and parks, on buses and sidewalks.

When an outbreak hits a community, one of the most urgent things people want is information. This is human nature, as information allows us to protect ourselves, our families and our loved ones.

Your good health is the best gift to give family and friends this holiday season. A great start is getting a flu shot.

To circumcise or not? To use a pacifier or a bottle? How long to breastfeed? New parents are presented with an astounding amount of decisions.

As Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors to the Minister of Health, my job is to listen to the concerns of B.C.'s seniors and talk with them about what our government is doing to improve their lives.

Ageism can take many forms, however like any discrimination it has, at its core, a desire to stereotype an entire group of people.

British Columbia's health-care professionals, and the overall health-care system, showed world-class skills, co-ordination, professionalism and compassion after a terrible accident on the Coquihalla Highway.

In response to Robert Oliphant's column ("Drug switch puts cash before patients," Aug. 12) I'd like to give the facts about PharmaCare's decision to change which DPP-4 inhibitor drugs it covers for diabetics.