Vancouver Coastal Health

By JACOB ARON LEUNG This story was originally published on Nov. 28, 2023.  A new B.C.-based study is showing promising results for people with Type 1 diabetes who are using a prototypical stem cell-based device to reduce reliance on…

When business student Ben Newman was sick recently, he stayed home to recover and got a range of contradictory opinions from his instructors on whether or not he was too ill to be in school.

Despite a confirmed case of measles on campus, there’s no need to worry about an outbreak, says Langara’s dean of nursing.

A cut in funding for health services for Indigenous people in the Downtown Eastside couldn’t come at a worse time, given the state of the opioid crisis, say local service providers.

Reported by Duncan Anderson Several West Side food service centres listed on a city-wide map created for people to access low-cost and free food are bracing for an influx of new customers. In fact, only two of the 15 centres contacted…

Reported by Lindsey Lloyd As a result of B.C.’s opioid epidemic, some post-secondary institutions have created take-home Naloxone kit programs targeting students, but Langara College only possesses a small number of kits that are not as…

An online survey is giving B.C. residents the chance to change their neighbourhoods to suit their health needs – if only enough of them would fill it out. Vancouver Coastal Health partnered with Fraser Health and UBC to launch My Health My…

Some e-cigarette users might have to butt out soon due to a recent call from Vancouver Coastal Health to regulate the industry. In simple terms, an e-cigarette is a miniaturized vaporizing heating element, said Bill Newton of Vancouver’s…