Ava Hawkins, one of only 15 certified sign language interpreters in B.C., is used to being recognized in the deaf community.  But the 56-year-old was caught off guard last week when walking... Read more »

The University of British Columbia announced Thursday that an international team led by Dr. Josef Penninger has found a potential drug that helps block infection from the virus that causes COVID-19. Penninger, a biomedical researcher from Austria,... Read more »

For Dana Elliott, her COVID-19 challenge has been threefold: first, she was caring for her husband who got sick with it. Then, she’s had to fight it herself — all the while... Read more »

When Dr. Joseph Finkler started feeling run-down at the beginning of last week, he attributed the fatigue to the string of night shifts he had been working at the emergency department of... Read more »

As the arrival of spring has brought warmer and sunnier weather to Vancouver, runners have once again taken to the seawall, but experts warn the narrow path could be the perfect transmission... Read more »

May Mikhail was with her 94-year-old mother until the end, as her health deteriorated at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, where Canada’s first COVID-19 death was recorded on March 8.... Read more »

Health officials say physical distancing restrictions in B.C. are successfully beginning to slow the rate of spread of new COVID-19 cases in the province, perhaps by as much as half. But despite the “glimmer of hope,” provincial... Read more »

Health officials say physical distancing restrictions in B.C. are successfully beginning to slow the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province, perhaps by as much as half. But despite the “glimmer of hope,” provincial health officer... Read more »

During his final weekly visit to his father at the Haro Park long-term care centre in Vancouver on March 14, Bruce Hampson noticed his 93-year-old father, Arthur, did not look well. By... Read more »