Health

B.C.’s flu season is off to an early start, with influenza cases rising as the province begins its fall vaccination campaign.

B.C.’s paramedics union is raising concerns that the province’s Community Paramedicine program is being scaled back.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the province cannot require international medical graduates to work in designated communities after completing their residency.

The B.C. Nurses' Union (BCNU) said it has launched job action across the province after issuing a 72-hour strike notice Monday.

A new survey by Doctors of B.C. and Consultant Specialists of B.C. suggests specialist wait-lists in the province grew by 10 per cent over the past year, with most specialists reporting longer delays and warning the system lacks enough physicians to meet rising demand.

A new study found B.C.’s universal contraception program has sharply reduced out-of-pocket costs for patients, with young adults seeing the biggest savings.

An estimated 150 people died from unregulated drugs in B.C. in January, a 10 per cent decrease from the same month last year, the B.C. Coroners Service said.

The union representing nearly 6,000 ambulance paramedics in British Columbia says it is considering job action after contract talks with the province broke down. 

About 5,000 workers at publicly-funded care homes in British Columbia will again be covered by the public collective agreement in the coming years. 

New rules take effect Wednesday limiting when employers can ask for sick notes from health professionals for short-term absences. 

B.C. officials say it’s time to roll up your sleeves as we enter the fall virus season. 

Proposed legislation would allow British Columbia to take legal action against vape manufacturers to recover health-care-related costs.