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January 3 - Scott Lear
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/exercise-more-in-2018-it-really-is-good-for-your-heart
January 3 - Scott Lear
http://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-pmn/exercise-more-in-2018-it-really-is-good-for-your-heart/wcm/abcc02d7-c4dc-4bda-9be2-0ffe23a63310
January 3 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.ft.com/content/b99a81be-f591-11e7-88f7-5465a6ce1a00
January 15 - Jeremy Snyder
https://boingboing.net/2018/01/15/crowdfunding-for-medical-costs.html
January 20 - Jeremy Snyder
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/second-opinion-crowdfund-science-research-1.4495632
January 24 - Anne-Marie Nicol
http://cirh2.streamon.fm/listen-pl-14234
January 31 - Scott Lear
https://theconversation.com/how-your-community-impacts-the-health-of-your-heart-90529
January 31 - Scott Lear
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/how-your-community-impacts-the-health-of-your-heart
February 1 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/in-seattle-some-homeless-people-find-help-via-crowdsourcing-how-do-you-know-how-to-give/
February 6 - Scott Lear
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/why-heart-disease-is-often-missed-in-women-the-myth-of-the-widowmaker
February 9 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.thestar.com/life/2018/02/09/online-fundraising-hit-or-miss-for-homeless-people.html
February 14 - Anne-Marie Nicol
http://www.nsnews.com/news/researcher-puts-north-shore-radon-potential-on-radar-1.23173192
February 16 - Scott Lear
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/just-how-bad-is-all-that-sugar-for-your-heart
February 16 - Scott Lear
http://vancouversun.com/pmn/news-pmn/just-how-bad-is-all-that-sugar-for-your-heart/wcm/d0f2756a-9efa-4615-8fd4-4c1f52432004
February 24 - Anne-Marie Nicol
http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/vch-testing-sea-to-sky-schools-for-cancer-causing-gas-1.23184327
February 26 - Kelley Lee
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/02/27/canadas-has-an-opportunity-to-lead-the-g7-on-global-health-equity.html
February 27 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2018/02/news-coverage-crowdfunding-appeals-may-help-people-hidden-costs-steep/
March 4 - Tim Takero
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-is-the-kinder-morgan-pipeline-really-a-health-hazard-in-b-c-1.23190464
March 6 - Kelley Lee
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/healthandwellness/645567/girding-for-new-battles-in-the-war-against-big-tobacco/story/
March 15 - Bruce Lanphear
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/richmond-mans-paralysis-due-to-lead-poisoning-remains-a-mystery
March 19 -Julian Somers
http://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/sfu-researchers-methadone-treatment-helps-reduce-crime-rates-by-one-third
March 20 - Julian Somers
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2018/03/20/methadone-use-linked-to-lower-crime-among-b-c-drug-users-sfu-study.html
March 20 - Ian Tietjen
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/03/20/sfu-sea-sponge-research-identifies-chemical-compound-to-treat-hiv/
March 20 - Ian Tietjen
http://www.richmond-news.com/news/sfu-sea-sponge-research-identifies-chemical-compound-to-treat-hiv-1.23207763
March 21 - Ian Tietjen
http://www.empireadvance.ca/regional-news/sfu-sea-sponge-research-identifies-chemical-compound-to-treat-hiv-1.23208777
March 21 - Julian Somers
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article206168994.html
March 22 - Julian Somers
https://omny.fm/shows/the-jon-mccomb-show/addicts-getting-treatment-less-likely-to-commit-cr
March 23 -Ian Tietjen
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/sea-sponge-derivatives-able-to-inhibit-attack-growth-of-hiv-in-infected-cells-sfu-study
March 25 - Bruce Lanphear
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/poisons-have-long-shelf-lives-1.23211986
March 27 - Zabrina Brumme
http://cfenet.ubc.ca/news/releases/study-finds-high-levels-drug-resistance-among-ethiopian-children-failing-hiv-treatment
March 28 - Ian Tietjen
https://scienceinthecity.com/2018/03/28/new-antiretroviral-compound-derived-sea-sponges/
March 29 - Brodie Sakakibara
http://hospitalnews.com/putting-stroke-coach-every-patients-corner/
March 30 - Meghan Winters
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/a-new-bikeway-for-a-new-bridge-1.23245865
April 3 - Steven Lewis
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/opinion-5-bold-moves-sask-health-1.4602445
April 7 - Anne-Marie Nicol
https://roundhouseradio.com/2018/04/07/how-much-radon-gas-is-in-your-child-school-nobody-knows/
April 13 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/13/homeless-crowdfunding-campaigns-gofundme
April 18 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.cheknews.ca/power-of-crowdfunding-as-humboldt-broncos-gofundme-raises-15-million-440889/
April 26 - Allison Carter
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/04/26/why-living-with-hiv-doesnt-mean-women-cant-have-fulfilling-sex-lives.html
April 27 - Allison Carter
http://www.richmond-news.com/living/new-online-project-promotes-healthy-sexuality-for-women-living-with-hiv-1.23283718
April 27 - Allison Carter
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/04/27/women-hiv-sex/
May 2 - Scott Lear
https://theconversation.com/how-exercise-can-boost-your-brain-function-95506
May 3 - Scott Lear
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/how-exercise-can-boost-your-brain-function
May 6 - Meghan Winters
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/island-voices-cycling-infrastructure-an-investment-in-victoria-s-future-1.23292303
May 7 -Steven Lewis
http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/a-nurse-just-lost-her-freedom-to-criticize-health-care-thats-bad-for-everyone
May 8 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/05/08/crowdfunding-campaigns-sow-misinformation-about-stem-cell-treatments-study-finds.html
May 8 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/ailing-patients-often-crowdfund-for-bogus-medical-care-study-1.3920572
May 8 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/stemcellresearch/72754
May 8 - Jeremy Snyder
https://apnews.com/698b124113ea4ec99c2002ff523de660
May 8 - Abhi Prasad
http://www.voiceonline.com/friends-of-simon-program-bridges-learning-barriers-for-newcomer-students/
May 8 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/05/08/over-120-bc-schools-report-unsafe-levels-of-lead-in-drinking-water.html
May 9 - Meghan Winters
https://omny.fm/shows/steele-drex/researchers-from-sfu-are-looking-into-how-greenspa
May 9 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2018/05/crowdfundings-dark-side-when-patients-seek-help-paying-for-stem-cell-treatments-misinformation-rules/
May 9 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/crowdfunding-campaigns-raise-millions-to-pay-for-stem-cell-therapies-but-dont-talk-about-risk-2018-05-08
May 10 - Jeremy Snyder
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/crowdfunding-unproven-stem-cell-treatments-overstated-efficacy-unstated-risks/
May 11 - Tim Takaro
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/flood-waters-up-in-bc-down-in-nb-what-health-concerns-do-they-leave-behind-1.4656929
May 17 - Jeremy Snyder
http://thedifferential.libsyn.com/medical-crowdfunding-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly
May 17 - Jeremy Snyder
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/05/17/making-sense-of-crowdfunding-for-unapproved-stem-cell-treatments/
May 29 - Julia Smith
https://theconversation.com/its-time-for-malawi-to-quit-tobacco-96516
June 5 - Julian Somers
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/06/05/its-just-beyond-imaginable-death-at-tim-hortons-exposes-lack-of-resources-for-vulnerable-people.html
June 5 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-crowdfunding-20180604-story.html
June 19 - Angela Kaida
http://cfenet.ubc.ca/news/releases/day-day-experiences-racism-influence-womens-access-hiv-care-study
June 21 - Angela Kaida
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-everyday-racism-hinders-indigenous-women-with-hiv-from-accessing-care/
June 29 - Julian Somers
https://soundcloud.com/pulse1077/pulse-mornings-with-sfus-julian-somers
July 8 - Julian Somers
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/a-mothers-struggle-if-severe-addicts-dont-want-help-should-the-law-allow-forced-treatment-to-try-to-save-their-lives?video_autoplay=true
July 8 - Cecilia Sierra-Heredia
https://theconversation.com/how-to-protect-your-children-from-wildfire-smoke-99434
July 9 - Alexandra Collins
https://theconversation.com/canadas-housing-crisis-reinforces-violence-against-poor-women-99504
July 10 - Alexandra Collins
https://edmontonjournal.com/pmn/news-pmn/canadas-housing-crisis-reinforces-violence-against-poor-women/wcm/2d19159b-69bb-4022-abd4-1e5e1c2b3cc6
July 11 - Alexandra Collins
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/canadas-housing-crisis-reinforces-violence-against-poor-women/
July 12 - Jennifer Fang
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-cigarettes-resale-china-1.4745113
July 13 - Jennifer Fang
http://www.rcinet.ca/zh/2018/07/13/148979/
July 14 - Jennifer Fang
https://www.mingpaocanada.com/Van/htm/News/20180714/vaa1h_r.htm
July 16 - Robert Hogg
https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/younger-adults-with-hiv-experience-shorter-times-to-viral-rebound
July 24 - Jeremy Snyder
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/transalta-coal-report-1.4752314
July 26 - Zabrina Brumme
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-study-finds-mutated-strains-of-hiv-in-saskatchewan-causing-quicker/
July 26 - Zabrina Brumme
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/a-report-release-suggests-mutated-strain-of-hiv-in-sask-could-lead-to-faster-illness-in-indigenous-people-1.4762762?cmp=rss
July 26 - Zabrina Brumme
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/hiv-saskatchewan-indigenous-1.4762762
July 26 - Angela Kaida
https://the-peak.ca/2018/07/sfu-researchers-investigate-the-biological-effects-of-doping-and-the-medical-implications-of-racism/
July 27 - Zabrina Brumme
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6000707/Mutated-HIV-strain-Canada-turning-AIDS-faster-usual-report-warns.html
July 27 - Zabrina Brumme
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/27/canada-hiv-mutated-strain-rapid-development-aids-study
July 27 - Zabrina Brumme
https://www.newsweek.com/new-hiv-strains-found-canada-lead-quicker-illness-1045527
July 30 - Bruce Lanphear
http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20180730/test-shows-lead-in-water-at-bordentown-treatment-plant
July 31 - Julian Somers
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chance-of-fatal-overdose-triples-when-offenders-don-t-take-methadone-b-c-study-says-1.4769203
August 1 - Tim Takaro
http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/researchersscholars-write-open-letter-to-pm-to-halt-muskrat-falls-dam-230564/
August 6 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.statnews.com/2018/08/06/crowdfunding-for-unproven-stem-cell-procedures-wastes-money-and-spreads-misinformation/
August 7 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.benzinga.com/fintech/18/08/12158135/a-blockchain-startup-aims-to-1-up-the-video-game-crowdfunding-model
August 8 - Julian Somers
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-relocated-vancouver-residents-breathe-easier-after-move-from-sahota/
August 13 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2018/08/13/words-science-flint-water-lead-contamination/934390002/
August 13 - Zabrina Brumme
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/new-b-c-hiv-centre-director-has-spent-decades-studying-the-virus?video_autoplay=true
August 14 - Bruce Lanphear
https://undark.org/article/chlorpyrifos-epa-chemical-regulation/
August 15 - Cecilia Sierra-Heredia
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/extreme-weather/how-to-protect-your-children-from-wildfire-smoke-the-conversation/109501/
August 15 - Zabrina Brumme
http://www.thebodypro.com/content/81231/why-has-hiv-in-saskatchewan-become-more-harmful-fo.html
August 15 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05994-1
August 16 - Bruce Lanphear
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-6067207/Children-poisoned-lead-U-S-Army-bases-hazards-ignored.html
August 16 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-report-children-poisoned-lead-u-army-bases-134225169.html
August 16 - Jeremy Snyder
https://pjmedia.com/trending/homeless-people-turn-to-gofundme-pages-for-financial-assistance/
August 16 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/autism-and-ddt-what-1-million-pregnancies-can-mdash-and-cant-mdash-reveal/
August 20 - Cecilia Sierra-Heredia
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2018/08/protect-children-from-wildfire-smoke.html
August 20 - Bruce Lanphear
http://www.twoeggz.com/int/10395791.html
August 27 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/bu-cle082418.php
August 27 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.peacearchnews.com/news/white-rock-water-information-session-indicated-concerns-anger/
August 27 - Bruce Lanphear
http://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/08/lead
August 28 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.futurity.org/dust-lead-levels-homes-children-1851182-2/
August 29 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/heavy-metals-and-heart-disease/
August 30 - Blusson Hall
http://trends.archiexpo.com/gsky-plant-systems-inc/project-158460-256462.html
September 4 - Zabrina Brumme
https://biv.com/article/2018/09/record-september-4-2018
September 4 - Zabrina Brumme & Brad Jones
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-researchers-identify-multiple-strains-of-hiv-time-bombs-hibernating-in-cells
September 4 - Zabrina Brumme
https://www.straight.com/life/1128876/bc-health-researchers-advance-hiv-progress-new-method-addressing-dormant-strains
September 5 - Anne-Marie Nicol
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/09/05/six-more-communities-ordered-to-safeguard-against-radioactive-gas.html
September 11 - Prabjit Barn and Ryan Allen
https://globalnews.ca/news/4441804/air-purifiers-homes-pregnant-women-fetal-growth/
September 11 - Prabjit Barn and Ryan Allen
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/09/11/birth-weight-affected-by-mothers-exposure-to-air-pollution-says-new-study.html
September 12 - Prabjit Barn and Ryan Allen
https://medkit.info/2018/09/13/fetal-growth-may-improve-if-pregnant-women-use-air-purifiers-reveals-study/
September 12 - Allison Carter
https://goodmenproject.com/sex-relationships/breaking-the-stigma-of-dating-and-loving-with-hiv-cmtt/
September 22 - Scott Lear
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=207090
September 23 - Julia Smith
https://theconversation.com/big-tobaccos-opposition-to-plain-packaging-is-spin-not-substance-102874
September 24 - Julia Smith
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/big-tobaccos-opposition-to-plain-packaging-is-spin-not-substance
September 25 - Julia Smith
https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/big-tobaccos-opposition-to-plain-packaging-is-spin-not-substance
September 25 - Julia Smith
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/the-conversation-canada/plain-packaging-tobacco-cigarette_a_23540353/
September 27 - Julia Smith
http://www.netnewsledger.com/2018/09/27/big-tobaccos-opposition-to-plain-packaging-is-plain-spin/
September 28 - Karen Palmer
https://evidencenetwork.ca/big-change-takes-big-courage/
October 1 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.medicalnewser.com/2018/10/02/child-lead-exposure-study-finds-substantial-reductions-possible.html
October 3 - Julia Smith
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/big-tobaccos-opposition-to-plain-packaging-is-spin-not-substance-494999581.html
October 4 - Julian Somers
http://cmajnews.com/2018/10/04/acute-care-model-of-addiction-treatment-is-not-enough-for-people-with-substance-abuse-problems-cmaj-109-5668/
October 11 - Karen Palmer
https://www.ledroit.com/opinions/votre-opinion/le-nouveau-mode-de-financement-des-hopitaux-offre-des-lecons-sur-la-gestion-du-changement-42e75e46ac7b5e511477f19f62ad476c
October 15 - Karen Palmer
http://www.ottawalife.com/article/big-change-takes-big-courage-new-way-to-pay-hospitals-offers-lessons-on-change-management
October 15 - Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/women-struggle-with-pot-stigma-497656211.html
October 22 - Tania Bubela
https://sciencetrends.com/why-we-should-simplify-transfers-of-research-materials/
October 23 - Jeremy Snyder
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/23/health/medical-fundraising-unproven-treatments-study/index.html
October 24 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/24/entire-pesticide-class-should-be-banned-for-effect-on-childrens-health
October 26 - Julian Somers
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/do-homeless-people-come-to-seattle-for-help/
October 30 - Jeremy Snyder
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-downside-of-crowd-funding-medical-98291/
November 5 - Bruce Lanphear
https://beforeitsnews.com/v3/environment/2018/2593630.html
November 6 - Faculty of Health Sciences
https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/sounding-the-climate-change-alarm-bell-2/
November 6 - Tim Takaro
https://globalnews.ca/news/4636389/hot-smoke-filled-summers-a-sign-that-environmental-change-is-needed-says-b-c-university-professor/
November 7 - Tim Takaro
https://www.ledroit.com/opinions/votre-opinion/le-rechauffement-climatique-une-situation-durgence-mondiale-touchant-la-sante-a1e4af09bb8ad5283c2492c2f2ef3e3a
November 8 - Marco Zenone
https://www.straight.com/news/1162146/marco-zenone-youth-perspective-proportional-representation
November 9 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoc--lrc110218.php
November 14 - Tim Takaro
https://globalnews.ca/news/4659040/toxic-emissions-spilling-into-sarnia-year-after-ontario-promised-change/
November 16 - Scott Lear
https://montrealgazette.com/pmn/news-pmn/exercise-is-medicine-and-doctors-are-starting-to-prescribe-it/wcm/feddb633-b8fe-422b-823b-8fd694fe2ef9
November 16 - Scott Lear
https://theconversation.com/exercise-is-medicine-and-doctors-are-starting-to-prescribe-it-104390
November 19 - Lief Pagalan
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/autism-air-pollution-exposure-link-children-nitric-oxide-vancouver-canada-a8641611.html
November 19 - Benedikt Fischer
http://cienciassociales.edu.uy/noticias/congreso-cinco-anos-de-regulacion-del-cannabis/
November 19 - Lief Pagalan
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/19/health/air-pollution-autism-vancouver-study/index.html
November 19 - Lief Pagalan
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/11/19/air-pollution-exposure-during-pregnancy-increases-likelihood-of-autism-study-suggests.html
November 19 - Lief Pagalan
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/19/traffic-pollution-linked-to-risk-of-autism-in-children-8156631/
November 19 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.statnews.com/2018/11/19/pollution-pregnancy-autism-vancouver/
November 20 - Kelley Lee
http://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/tabesa-horacio-cartes-estudio-contrabando-1761076.html
November 20 - Steven Lewis
http://medicalrepublic.com.au/guide-victorias-election-health-promises/17896
November 20 - Bruce Lanphear
https://centredailytimes.org/health/ongoing-tragedy-lead-lives-40242220
November 20 - Kelley Lee
http://www.nanduti.com.py/2018/11/20/periodista-revela-estudio-negocios-internacionales-tabacalera-hc/
November 22 - Meghan Winters
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/11/22/ride-hailing-in-bc-is-an-opportunity-to-ensure-new-transportation-solutions-support-the-health-and-mobility-of-all.html
November 27 - Stefanie Rezansoff
https://ceo.ca/@newswire/16th-edition-of-the-canadian-awarding-ceremony-of-the
November 27 - Kelley Lee
https://peru21.pe/economia/sni-43-cigarrillos-ilegales-venden-peru-provienen-paraguay-nndc-443050
November 27 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.ehn.org/when-safe-may-not-really-be-safe-2621578745.html
November 27 - Bruce Lanphear
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/11/woodchucks-cigarettes-asbestos-and-wireless-what-are-we-smoking.html
November 28 - Anne-Marie Nicol
https://www.nsnews.com/news/elevated-radon-levels-in-3-schools-being-retested-1.23511488
December 3 - Bruce Lanphear
http://newsletter.convergenceri.com/stories/what-does-it-mean-when-cvs-targets-5-chronic-diseases,4533
December 4 - Pablo Nepomnaschy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mothers-stress-at-conception-linked-to-child-stress-at-age-11-study-1.4931742
December 4 - Robert Hogg
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/dr-julio-montaner-and-robert-hogg-clear-evidence-of-political-failure-in-worldwide-resurgence-of-aids
December 6 - Bruce Lanphear
https://truthout.org/articles/chemicals-on-our-food-when-safe-may-not-really-be-safe/
December 10 - Bruce Lanphear
http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/lead-expert-boise-schools-need-do-more-clean-drinking-water#stream/0
December 17 - Benoit Gomis
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/how-paraguay-dumps-billions-of-illicit-cigarettes-on-the-global-market
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