British Columbia
A listing of content for this category:
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| Gay men account for 95 percent of new cases as syphilis rates soar in BC | Gay and bisexual men are being urged to get screened for syphilis as infection rates hit a historic... | 18 April 2013 |
| B.C. plan to wipe out hepatitis will follow HIV model | VANCOUVER — The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful... | 29 March 2013 |
| B.C. spends $1.5M on AIDS-style research to battle hepatitis | VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is hoping to use AIDS-style research to tackle hepatitis. Health... | 29 March 2013 |
| Don’t forget to test for syphilis! | Please note that there are images accompanying this article, but due to their graphic nature, they... | 1 March 2013 |
| New STOP HIV guidelines include gay men | Vancouver’s Health Initiative for Men (HIM) is applauding the inclusion of gay men’s needs in the... | 20 February 2013 |
| BC Services Card will link to personal information | Re: Is new BC Services Card precursor to ID card?, Issues and Ideas, Jan 4 Colin Bennett is to be... | 11 January 2013 |
| Abbotsford flirts with harm reduction despite official policy against it | Pastor Ward Draper quotes Scripture and swears in the same breath. He wears his... | 5 October 2012 |
| Vancouver civil rights group releases handbook on human rights of HIV testing | VANCOUVER — The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has launched a handbook on human rights when it... | 3 October 2012 |
| Vancouver's Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life 2012 raises over $230,000 | Over 1,000 people took to the streets of Vancouver, and across the country, to participate in the... | 28 September 2012 |
| Protecting your privacy around HIV | The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) launched two new guides on HIV testing and patient... | 28 September 2012 |
| Bid to decriminalize marijuana goes to UBCM | A panel of medical and legal experts — including former B.C. attorney-general Geoff Plant — will... | 28 September 2012 |
| Warm Zone closing puts women in danger | The funding for the Warm Zone, a three-year project funded by the city, provincial and... | 17 August 2012 |
| Groups urge BC premier to launch public inquiry on Integrated Case Management system | B.C.'s Freedom of Information and Privacy Association and other non-profit groups and... | 9 August 2012 |
| Computer woes just beginning | ICM REPORT It appears the B.C. government's attempt to create a massive file-linking program... | 7 August 2012 |
| Fired for being HIV-positive? | The BC Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to hear a complaint from a gay, HIV-positive man who... | 7 August 2012 |
| Canadian doctor links AIDS to the war on drugs | A Canadian doctor wants to end the war on drugs in order to slow the spread of aids. "The war on... | 28 July 2012 |
| Health authority looks to eliminate HIV | Vancouver Coastal Health is striving to stamp out HIV in the Sea to Sky Corridor and Lower Mainland... | 27 July 2012 |
| B.C. AIDS doctors join international call for end to ‘war on drugs’ | VANCOUVER — Two prominent Canadian doctors have joined an international campaign calling on world... | 27 July 2012 |
| Experimenting with injection drugs leads to regular use for many youth: B.C. study | A distressing number of Vancouver’s street-involved youth who experiment with injection drugs... | 20 July 2012 |
| B.C. aims to end HIV/AIDS with widespread testing | Medical experts in B.C. are seeking to have every person in the province who has ever been sexually... | 20 July 2012 |
| Annual General Meeting of the Positive Living Society of BC | This year's Annual General Meeting of the Positive Living Society of British... | 20 July 2012 |
| TaxiSaver Program Update 2 | TaxiSaver Program Update #2 TransLink’s Board of Directors will maintain the TaxiSaver program,... | 13 July 2012 |
| Thousands might not know they carry the HIV virus | Up to 4,500 people in B.C. are carrying the HIV virus unawares — and spreading it, health officials... | 21 June 2012 |
| Council supports distribution of crack pipe kits | Campbell River City council supports the distribution of crack pipe kits to crack addicts, but the... | 5 June 2012 |
| B.C.’s first nations to take health care in their own hands | Aboriginal people in British Columbia will take responsibility for all Health Canada programs... | 5 June 2012 |
