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What diseases are rising in Vancouver?

Disease and outbreak signals in Vancouver's news coverage, with the state as context for thin city-level signals.

Summary

Outbreak anxiety is easing, but public health remains serious. Disease outbreaks appear 8 times and pandemic outbreaks 7 times, with both receding; separately, 42.6% of public-health coverage involved deaths.

WATCH Watch for any reversal in the receding outbreak pattern.
City signals
SignalNews ReportedRecent (2024–26)Prior (2021–23)Trend
Disease Outbreak801▼ receding
Pandemic Outbreak701▼ receding
British Columbia context
SignalNews ReportedTrend
Disease Outbreak45▼ receding
Pandemic Outbreak43▼ receding
Outbreak11▼ receding
Coronavirus Outbreak11— flat
Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak7▼ receding
Viral Outbreak6— flat
City public-health coverage by year
2026: 7201720267

disease signals drawn from local news coverage

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