B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake, marking World AIDS Day at the Dr. Peter Centre, says that while it’s important to take time to remember those who have been lost to HIV and AIDS over the years, residents of this province can be proud of the advances in AIDS research that have taken place here.

BC could be the first place in the world to have an AIDS-free generation and that could be due to the work of Dr. Julio Montaner, head of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital.

The doctor who’s been at the forefront of B.C.’s pioneering, globally imitated battle against HIV and AIDS for the past three decades is now turning his attention to another looming heath crisis — an estimated 80,000 people in B.C. infected with hepatitis C. With mention of Dr. Julio Montaner, head B.C.’s Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Dr. Julio Montaner, the world-renowned AIDS researcher and director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital, remembers what it was like to walk the streets of Vancouver at the height of the outbreak in the 1980s and ’90s.

Fewer patient care providers have received a flu shot this year compared to last in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, despite a province-wide rule requiring vaccination or a mask by today. Only 62 per cent of health care workers have received this season’s flu vaccine to date, according to the health authority.

Beginning December 1, all visitors to any Vancouver Coastal Health facility must have their flu shot or be wearing a surgical mask. Dec. 1. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, medical health officer at VCH.

Health Visitors without flu shots will be asked to don surgical masks at all Vancouver Coastal Health facilities starting Dec. 1. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, medical health officer at VCH.

A study carried out in the Vancouver Coastal Health region shows the top three injuries seen in Emergency Rooms are due to falls, cuts and sports-related activities. With quotes from Dr. Jat Sandhu, regional director of Public Health Surveillance at VCH.

Health officials are warning parents against homemade infant formulas, citing some cases of severe malnutrition in babies fed at-home “natural” recipes. With quotes from Gerry Kasten, a public health dietitian at VCH.

Health care workers in BC have until Monday to roll up their sleeve to get a mandatory flu shot. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, medical health officer at VCH.