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Dr. Jeff Hussey (L) with Emergency Patient Care Coordinator Barry Rossiter at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.
News Releases and Coverage

HIV tests now part of most Emergency Department blood work (BC-CfE)

June 27, 2019
The ER at Vancouver General Hospital. Photo courtesy of Richard Lam / The Province.
News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Thousands of tabs of addictive opioids stolen from VGH last year (Dr. Mark Haden, BCCSU)

June 27, 2019
(L-R): Dr. Michael Allard, Dr. Jeannie Shoveller, Dr. Aslam Anis, The Honourable Hedy Fry, Dr. Melanie Murray, Darren Lausher (Community Advisory Committee, CTN).
News Releases and Coverage

The Canadian HIV Trials Network receives $22.85M (CHÉOS, PHCRI, BCCSU)

June 26, 2019
Infectious Diseases • News Releases and Coverage • Sexual Health

Program for criminalized women survivors of gender-based violence gets $1M in funding (CGSHE, PHC)

June 26, 2019
Jason Luan is associate minister for mental health and addictions and MLA for Calgary-Foothills.
News Releases and Coverage

Fentanyl overdose, if it doesn’t kill you, can still leave lasting brain damage (ICU, SPH)

June 26, 2019
Historian Wendy Wickwire tells the epic story of James Teit in ‘At the Bridge.’ Photo courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives.
Indigenous Health • Lung • News Releases and Coverage • pneumonia

The Little-Known Settler Who Fought for Indigenous Rights (Indigenous Health, SPH)

June 26, 2019
News Releases and Coverage

Top 100 2019: B.C.’s biggest companies by industry (SPH Foundation)

June 26, 2019
Endocrine Diseases • News Releases and Coverage • Throat Health • Thyroid Health

Thyroid Awareness Month (Dr. Sam Wiseman, SPH)

June 26, 2019
News Releases and Coverage

St. Paul’s Hospital podcast takes listeners behind the scenes (Dr. Barry Kassen, Dr. Thomas Roston, SPH)

June 25, 2019
Living in a walkable neighbourhood could be good for your health, but not if there is a lot of air pollution from cars. (Photo courtesy of Peter Power / The Globe & Mail / The Canadian Press.)
News Releases and Coverage

Some health benefits of walkable neighbourhoods may be offset by higher air pollution (Dr. Christopher Carlsten, HLI)

June 25, 2019

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