Interior Health Authority

B.C. dentists, physiotherapists will have to figure out social distancing to resume practice: IH
When pandemic restrictions are lifted, health care providers like dentists and physiotherapists will have to…

Why sleeping rough may have some benefits in this age of COVID-19
An estimated 150 people are sleeping in tents or doorways in Kelowna this spring but…

Doulas welcomed back into hospitals following Interior Health policy change
Interior Health changed its COVID-19 hospital visitor policy earlier this month in order to allow…

Interior Health clarifies: Should pet groomers still be open?
B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has made it very clear that hair, nail…
Owners of three B.C. Interior seniors homes being sued as part of class action lawsuit
Retirement Concepts, the owner of three seniors care facilities in the B.C. Interior, is the…

New drug checking technology available in Penticton
Interior Health has a new resource available today in Penticton to help people check the…

New urgent heath care centre opens in Kelowna
The Interior’s third Urgent and Primary Care Centre opened in the Capri Centre Mall in…

Lead in your water? Why you’ll have to test it yourself to be sure
If a recent investigation that found unacceptable amounts of lead in drinking water and a…

How the opioid crisis changed how Interior Health does business
Health authorities have yet to find the answers to Kelowna’s opioid crisis. That’s one clear…

City gets meeting with Interior Health after Penticton girl steps on discarded needle
PENTICTON – Officials from the City of Penticton and the Interior Health Authority are going…

‘Zombie-like?’ Why Interior Health is challenging the words we use for drug users
KAMLOOPS – As B.C. continues to find ways out of the current opioid overdose crisis,…
Interior Health warns “beige pebble” drug contains heroin, fentanyl, deadly synthetic cannabinoid
KAMLOOPS — The health authority is warning of a potentially dangerous drug that has hit…

Second case of measles in the Interior Health Authority confirms
100 MILE HOUSE — A second case of measles has been confirmed in 100 Mile…

Gastrointestinal illness now impacting Kamloops daycare
KAMLOOPS — Multiple facilities have been impacted by a viral stomach illness that started at…

Interior Health waiting to declare norovirus outbreak over in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Interior Health officials are hoping to declare a stomach virus outbreak that impacted…