News and updates from our medical health office.
View the Population and Public Health report: Impacts of extreme heat events on emergency department visits and deaths in Fraser Health, 2021. Published on March 25, 2022.
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Jun 22 2023As the weather warms and people engage in more outdoor activities, patients may present to physicians with concerns about rabies risk following bat or other animal exposure.
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Jun 02 2023Fraser Health has developed new resources and processes to support all of our community vaccine providers (CVP). Please explore these resources below.
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Apr 11 2023Please return all your open and unopened doses of publicly funded influenza vaccine received from Public Health back to your local public health unit by May 10, 2023.
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Apr 04 2023On March 10th, 2023, the provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and the Minister of Health, Adrian Dix, issued a joint statement regarding the spring COVID-19 boosters.
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Key messages for community physicians: supporting people who use drugs during extreme weather eventsDec 23 2022The combination of extreme weather and reduced services during the holidays, in the context of a toxic unregulated drug supply, poses extraordinary risk to people who use drugs.
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Dec 07 2022After two years of low influenza activity, a sharp rise in pediatric influenza cases and hospitalizations has occurred early in the influenza season.