The Vancouver Police Department is issuing a warning to local drug users after a woman has died and 31 people have overdosed on heroin in the past two days at INSITE.

There were 21 overdoses Sunday and Monday at Insite, the supervised drug injection facility on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Quotes from Gavin Wilson, director of public affairs.

A warning is being issued to drug users following a dozen heroin overdoses.

The Vancouver Police Department is issuing a warning to local drug users following the recent heroin overdoses of about a dozen people.

Police in Vancouver are so concerned about a dozen recent heroin overdoses – including a woman’s death Sunday they believe is the result of potent heroin – they publicly urged addicts not to shoot up alone.

A recent rash of about a dozen heroin overdoses in Vancouver has spurred police to issue a warning to local drug users.

The head of the BC Nurses Union says nurses aren’t prepared to deal with an outbreak of Ebola, especially in the wake of three suspected, but ultimately negative cases recently reported in the Lower Mainland.

World-renowned HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Julio Montaner has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

UBC HIV researcher Dr. Julio Montaner is one of the new inductees to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has confirmed a ninth case of enterovirus D68, up from eight last week. Three of the cases are in VCH.