COVID-19 & second hand smoking! Smoking causes 5,000 premature deaths each year in British Columbia, 10% [?] of which are attributed to...

INTRODUCING AN INDICATOR FOR THE 2ND WAVE. Introducing an indicator for the 2nd wave. Public interest in COVID is declining in the US &...

EPIDEMIOLOGY COVID-19: The population at a higher risk! Overlooked heroes: Underpaid, undervalued cleaners are key to helping stop...

BC has had the highest rate of opioid overdose deaths [contaminated with fentanyl] in the world in recent years. Since March 2020, the...

--- SELECTED PARTS of knowledge translation document with permission. Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first in BC? An epidemiological...

--- We also published a commentary on this issue in the BMJ. Please see: BMJ. 2021 Jan 7;372:n29. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3341415...

PART I. Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD, Toxicologist- Epidemiologist, Info@BCtoxicology.com --- Email the author to request more information...

2021 We need to collect data on race, ethnicity, and community in pandemics. BMJ. 2021 Jan 7;372:n29. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/334...

Domoic acid (DA) is an excitatory amino acid produced by diatoms that called Pseudo-nitzschiae, of which at least 14 strains are toxic; 1...

--- In memory of my old friend, Morteza Vejdan MD, MPH, who lost his precious life in the battle against the #CORONA virus, March 25,...