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[From Kamloops This Week, October 15, 2015] In an effort to address what it calls a “prescription opioid epidemic” in the province, the Ministry of Health has added Suboxone to PharmaCare coverage. The drug, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, can be used in place of methadone in treatment of addictions to drugs such as […]

[From The Baltimore Sun, Oct 8, 2015] After years of research, a promising HIV/AIDS vaccine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is moving into the critical human testing stage. The school’s Institute of Human Virology, headed by Dr. Robert Gallo, who helped discover the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, and developed the

JOB POSTING Contract Position This posting will be internal and external simultaneously with preference given to internal candidates first. Treatment Health and Wellness Coordinator Full-time 35 Hours/week Reporting to: Director of Programs and Services Start Date: Oct 16, 2015 Hours of Work: 35 hours per week Benchmark: Program Coordinator 1/Advocate Hybrid Grid Level: 10 (Wage

We launch the Fall season of the BC-CfE’s continuing medical education programs with HIV Care Rounds on Thursday September 10th at 8-9AM. Dr. M-J Milloy from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS will speak about the progress to 90/90/90 among men and women who use illicit drugs and are living with HIV/AIDS, focusing on the

[From CMAJ, Aug 17, 2015] Anecdotal reports of efficacy from patients who use medical marijuana aren’t enough to convince many physicians that cannabis is a viable therapeutic option, but new industry-funded research in Canada may bring some science to the situation. For the full article, click here.