Stories, research and updates from VIDC.

How to protect yourself and your family as viral respiratory season returns

CBC Listen/ On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko

Letters to the Vancouver Sun: The plebiscite question we need

Health Matters: B.C. health officials warn of new measles strain ahead of new school year

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Brian Conway on the latest Canadian hantavirus case

Video Interview — CBC

Hantavirus | ‘There’s no treatment for this particular virus.’

Video Interview — WHAS11

Public health protocols still being followed after Canadian tests positive for hantavirus

Video Interview — CTV News

Canadians from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship isolating in BC

Video Interview — Global News

Four Canadian passengers on cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrive in British Columbia.

Audio Interview — CBC

Hantavirus in Canada: Ten cases under close surveillance

Video Interview — YouTube

‘No great concerns’ over hantavirus spreading to general public: infectious disease specialist

Video Interview — CTV News

10 Canadians connected to hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship.

Media Coverage — CTV News

Canada’s co-hosting the FIFA World Cup — and preparing for a potential surge in health emergencies. Here’s how

Media Coverage — CBC News

Doctors in FIFA World Cup cities worry about ER capacity, strain on health system

Media Coverage — Global News

Flu numbers in Canada beginning to trend down

Radio Interview — 980 CKNW / The Jill Bennett Show

“B” the Change

It's true - there is currently no cure for Hepatitis B. While we have made strides in the fight against HBV with the Hepatitis…

Ushering in a new era with Antiviral COVID-19 Treatments

We have officially entered a new era in the age of COVID-19 with the approval and administration of new antiviral COVID-19 treatments, particularly Merck's…

World Hepatitis Day 2022

VIDC celebrated this year's World Hepatitis Day by hosting a pop-up testing site in Oppenheimer Park. Our amazing team of nurses tested over 40…

6/14 Presentation: “COVID-19: Prevention and Treatment in Vulnerable Populations”

Le Dr Brian Conway dirigera une discussion sur le COVID-19 parrainée par AstraZeneca ce mardi 14/06.Quand : 14 juin 2022 de 12h à 13h…

The Return of Conference Season

Dr. Conway speaking at AMMI 2022 in Vancouver. Spring has sprung, and as we enter a new phase of endemic COVID-19, that means that…

Canucks: Hockey ops president Jim Rutherford placed in COVID-19 protocol

Media Coverage — Ottawa Citizen

Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre Offers Cutting-Edge Treatment and Care

Media Coverage — IN Magazine

Staying ahead of a new COVID variant of concern

Media Coverage — Global News

Delta variant doubles risk of COVID-19 hospitalization for unvaccinated, study suggests

Media Coverage — CTV News

COVID-19: Expect more vaccine mandates and non-vaccinated restrictions: experts

Media Coverage — Vancouver Sun

COVID-19 shots now mandatory for staff in long-term care homes

Media Coverage — Vancouver Sun

Is there really something wicked in the air?

Media Coverage — PressReader

2021: A Unique World Hepatitis Day

Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre (VIDC) is committed to eliminating viral Hepatitis by 2030. From testing to increasing awareness, find out how you can join…

Canucks: As COVID-19 spreads among NHL U.S. teams, will schedule be further reduced?

Media Coverage — The Province

COVID-19: Vancouver Canucks cancel Sunday skate due to possible exposure

Media Coverage — The Province

You better get used to these restrictions

Radio Interview — 980 CKNW / The Lynda Steele Show

Infectious disease expert discusses challenges of NHL all-Canadian division

Radio Interview — Sportsnet 650 / The Scott Rintoul Show

Canada’s vaccine rollout plan

Radio Interview — 980 CKNW / The Mike Smyth Show

Ottawa Now – “This means that the vaccine results have survived independent scientific reviews”: United Kingdom first to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Radio Interview — 580 CFRA / Ottawa Now

COVID vaccines & COVID care pressure

Radio Interview — 580 CFRA / The Evan Solomon Show

Élimination de l’hépatite C : soutenir la réponse canadienne pendant et après la COVID-19

Webinar / Keynote — CATIE & Can Hep C

Ottawa Now – “The logistic issues of distribution are addressed significantly compared to the Pfizer product”: The world receives positive news from another COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Radio Interview — 580 CFRA / Ottawa Now

What Canada’s vaccine rollout plan could look like

Radio Interview — 580 CFRA / Ottawa Now

Soigner les oubliés du Downtown Eastside

Media Coverage — Radio-Canada

COVID-19 in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side

Radio Interview — The Pulse on CFRO

Announcing the 2020 Elimination Champions!

Media Coverage — Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination

Insights on Canada’s COVID recovery track and reopening

Radio Interview — 580 CFRA / Ottawa Now

Hepatitis C – Insights into the Global Elimination Effort

Webinar / Keynote — INHSU 2019

British Columbia PharmaCare Lists AbbVie’s Hepatitis C Treatment MAVIRET™ on its Formulary

Media Coverage — Markets Insider

Pharmacy fights hep C

Media Coverage — Okanagan Edge

Red Ribbons 4 Life 9 – Keynote Speaker

Webinar / Keynote — Red Ribbons 4 Life 9