Canada News » British Columbia News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Human bird flu case presumed in Canada, teenage patient is hospitalized
The first presumed human case of avian influenza (H5N1, or bird flu) has been reported in Canada. Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland confirmed the report in a post on X. "To date, there has been no ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: BC health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday that the government's decision to roll back the decriminalization trial this year was 'disappointing,' adding that she 'absolutely' believes ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: British Columbia ending its 3-year drug decriminalization pilot project
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne speaks about the end of the province's three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs as Minister for Citizens' Services ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Teen with bird flu in Canada hospitalized in critical condition
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children’s hospital, sick with Canada’s first presumptive human case of avian influenza. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Drug-related overdose the leading cause of maternal death in Vancouver Coastal Health region: report
A new report by Vancouver Coastal Health has found the toxic drug crisis has led to preventable harms in pregnancy.
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Teen in Critical Condition After Contracting Canada's First ‘Presumptive’ Human Case of Bird Flu
It is not known how the teen contracted bird flu, according to British Columbia health officials Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Canada detects its first presumptive human H5 bird flu case
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday. The teenager ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Grizzly bear attacks school group in Canada's British Columbia province, injuring 11
Eleven people, including children, were injured in a grizzly bear attack that occurred in the small, remote community of Bella Coola in British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, according to regional and ...
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: Advocates, government make final arguments in B.C. MAID trial
Closing arguments started Monday in a trial that will determine whether faith-based health care facilities can continue to prohibit medical assistance in dying in B.C.
News Canada » British Columbia » Health: B.C. Conservative member’s bill on firefighter health passes in rare feat
VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's ...