In the first nine months of 2014, 232 non-residents delivered babies at Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care hospitals, the majority in Richmond. With quotes from Diane Bissenden, director of population and family health at Richmond Hospital.

The North Shore’s newest citizen – Calvin Michael Dhaliwal Messinger – arrived at Lions Gate Hospital less than three hours into the new year on Jan. 1.

In Vancouver alone, 50 restaurants were closed for health infractions in 2014 – compared to 43 the year prior. With quotes from Randy Ash, manager of environmental health at VCH.

In a proposed trial, Vancouver Acute neurologist Dr. Haakin Nygaard and two Yale collaborators will test whether saracatinib will slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Asthmatics who inhaled diesel exhaust fumes for two hours in a study booth didn’t just get itchy eyes and a headache while breathing in the polluted air. They also experienced effects on a micro level as genes associated with inflammatory and oxidative stress processes were altered. With quotes from Dr. Chris Carlsten, the study’s senior author, a Vancouver Acute respirologist and the chair in occupational and environmental lung disease at UBC.

Just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can result in fundamental changes to parts of a person’s DNA, according to a new UBC/VCH study. With quotes from Dr. Chris Carlsten, the study’s senior author, a Vancouver Acute respirologist and the chair in occupational and environmental lung disease at UBC.

Could the fact it’s an election year be responsible for the Conservative government’s delayed approval of a second supervised injection site in Vancouver? With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.

Amanjit Pangly delivered a baby boy on New Year’s Eve at Richmond Hospital.

Patients and service providers describe B.C.’s mental-health care system as a byzantine bureaucracy that’s losing too many people through its cracks. With waiting list statistics from VCH.

A Roberts Creek mother is suing VCH and St. Mary’s Hospital after her suicidal teenage daughter was released and then attacked her with a baseball bat.