In what amounts to a national embarrassment on one side of the coin and a public health failure on the other, Canada has lost its measles elimination status, something it has held for 25 years.
The roll out of B.C.’s Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine booster program will begin later this week with the first wave of invitations via email and text message in a similar fashion as previous vaccination rounds.
The Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) has entered into an agreement that could see it providing facilities and services tapping a promising new plant-based treatment for drug addiction.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is hoping to be ready to provide vaccines for the 340,000 children in the province between the ages of 5 and 11 by early-November.