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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September 05, 2018Public Health has been made aware of a cluster of cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Guildford area of Surrey.
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August 31, 2018Public health officials are investigating the source of the bacteria.
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July 26, 2018Learn about the community-acquired carbapenemase-producing organism detected in South Surrey/White Rock retirement communities.
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July 03, 2018Measles has been confirmed in a passenger arriving in Vancouver on a flight from Delhi, India.
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May 25, 2018The overall risk of someone being infected with Ebola and coming to Canada is very, very, low.
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May 09, 2018Due to national vaccine purchasing, BC will be transitioning from monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1, Rotarix®) to pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5, RotaTeq®).