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Interior Health Authority
Overdose death rate holding steady within Interior Health Authority
Deaths from suspected fatal illicit drug overdoses across the province were down 23 per cent…
A mother battles the system as her Kamloops son fights drug addiction, mental illness
KAMLOOPS – A mother of a Kamloops man says she is losing hope of ever…
Flu epidemic over but other viruses popping up in Interior Health
With influenza season dwindling to a close, you would think the Interior Health Authority would…
Overdose alert for Kamloops after six deaths in 10 days
KAMLOOPS – Six people have died from suspected overdoses in 10 days in Kamloops. Interior…
Chief medical health officer faces grim 2017 overdose numbers for Interior Health
After another year of ghastly overdose statistics for the Interior Health Authority in 2017, the…
Overdose action teams to hit the streets in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon
Three Interior cities are amongst the hardest hit in the province by the ongoing opioid…
Overdose warning stemmed from fatal overdoses across Interior: Chief medical health officer
THOMPSON OKANAGAN – After nine fatal overdoses in the Interior Health region, an overdose warning…
Two more overdose deaths as Interior Health repeats drug use warning
Two more overdose deaths have been added to seven reported on Friday by the Interior…
Funding extended for Interior Health supervised consumption sites
Interior Health's mobile supervised consumption sites are here to stay a little longer. Rae Samson,…
“No good news from the coroner,” Interior Health officials update regional directors on opioid crisis
PENTICTON – The severity of the region’s opioid crisis was brought home to regional directors…
Influenza hitting residential care facilities hard across Interior Health Authority
KELOWNA – Procedures for dealing with outbreaks of influenza in residential care homes within the…
Flu season in full flush throughout Interior Health Authority
It’s still early but flu season is in full swing throughout the Interior Health Authority.…
Meningococcal vaccinations for teens continue throughout the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Immunization of vulnerable teens will continue throughout the Okanagan health service area as…
Interior Health wraps up Okanagan high school immunizations for meningococcal outbreak
OKANAGAN – The Interior Health Authority is wrapping up this week its meningococcal vaccination program…
Interior Health Authority declares meningococcal outbreak
The Interior Health Authority said today it will offer immunization for meningococcal disease for teens…
Interior Health Authority ends privacy breach investigation
The Interior Health Authority says there's no evidence of further privacy breaches after an investigation…
Makeover, new tenant for old Kelowna Health Centre
KELOWNA – The old Kelowna Health Centre on Ellis Street is getting a makeover and…
More resources, awareness could be behind Interior’s drop in overdose deaths
During the month of September, nine people died from an illicit drug overdose in the…
Home drug testing not a simple solution in opioid overdose fight
If fentanyl-laced drugs are killing people, a simple solution would be to offer a cheap…
City officials want more communication from Interior Health
KAMLOOPS – A lack of presence and communication from Interior Health is causing frustration within…
Strong demand means some providers short of flu vaccine in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Strong demand has left some local pharmacies and clinics short of this year’s…
Residents of low-income RV park in limbo as eviction looms
KELOWNA – A swirl of uncertainty surrounds the future for the eight residents of an…
Old school tool used to fight opioid overdose crisis in the Interior Health Authority
The opioid crisis that’s killing dozens of people across the Interior Health Authority is relatively…
Overdose crisis putting pressure on Kelowna funeral homes
KELOWNA – Front-line social service workers and emergency room staff aren’t the only ones seeing…