Epidemiology and Population Health News
September 30, 2011
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Global News
Some had tears in their eyes, some clapped, and others hugged each other with joy when the news was announced Friday morning that Vancouver's supervised injection site will remain open.
July 22, 2010
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Vancouver Sun
The number of HIV-positive patients using emergency services at St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver could be reduced with better care and housing for drug addicts, according to a BC-CfE study released today.
June 9, 2010
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United Press International
A new BC-CfE study finds fully applying updated HIV therapy guidelines would result in increased benefits for patients and society in general.
May 21, 2010
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Vancouver Sun
B.C. women with HIV are more than twice as likely as women in Quebec or Ontario to experience "viral load rebound," according to a new BC-CfE/CANOC study.
May 20, 2010
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Metro
HIV-positive women in British Columbia are more likely than those in other provinces to also have hepatitis C or be injection drug users, according to a new BC-CfE/CANOC study.
November 30, 2009
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Xtra West
Only org focused on gay men's health in the province will see its funding cut on World AIDS Day
November 13, 2009
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Xtra West
Gay Men's Health Summit / HPV rates in gay men 10 times higher than cervical cancer rates in women, summit hears
January 3, 2009
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Burnaby Now
The Burnaby NOW caught up with Robert Hogg, a health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University tasked with leading a new national research project that will help improve care for people living with HIV and AIDS.
December 5, 2008
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Xtra West
Simon Fraser University health sciences professor Robert Hogg has been tapped to head Canada's first nationwide HIV/AIDS antiretroviral research network.
November 27, 2008
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Vancouver Sun
A B.C. university professor will head a new national network aimed at boosting treatments for the 58,000 people living with HIV in Canada.
February 7, 2008
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Georgia Straight
As the number of aboriginal people living with HIV and AIDS in Canada grows, efforts to address the situation should consider the social factors, such as poverty, behind the epidemic, advocates say.
January 2, 2008
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Xtra West
A new study about crystal meth use among gay men in Vancouver confirms that use of the drug presents a serious health problem "associated with sexuality, HIV/AIDS, class and race."
November 27, 2007
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The Canadian Press
A quarter-century after AIDS burst on the world's radar as it began ravaging gay male populations in North America, public health authorities in a number of developed countries are seeing a disturbing trend.
November 10, 2005
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Georgia Straight
Beautiful young men dance in the centre of the World. It's almost 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning and the dance floor at the downtown after-hours club is packed.
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