Health Features

Health Features highlight common health concerns that affect British Columbians. They provide an overview of the topic and direct you to related resources and services.

Topics include seasonal information, disease outbreaks and health programs. You will also find topics that address mental health or substance use information.

Some health features are also available in Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Whooping cough

Whooping cough is a serious infection of the airways. It spreads easily when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or is in close contact with others.

Understanding asthma

Learn about asthma symptoms and treatments.

Understanding measles

Measles is a very serious and contagious disease. Because of immunization, measles is now a rare disease in Canada.

Be drug smart

Drug-related overdoses and deaths are a serious concern. Be drug smart if you are taking or planning on taking drugs, or know someone who takes drugs.