Health
Pharmacies helping to fill health-care gap in Interior Health region
Pharmacists in the Interior Health region are diagnosing and prescribing treatment for minor illnesses to…
Accessing gender-affirming care proves difficult for Kelowna transgender man
Being transgender comes with its fair share of challenges including discrimination, body dysphoria, mental health…
Nurses rally at Merritt’s hospital demanding better security and more staff
Nurses at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt spent the lunch hour today protesting staffing…
UBCO program to reduce diabetes risk expands across Canada
A UBC Okanagan professor created a program in collaboration with the YMCA that offers diet…
COVID-19 spring booster vaccines now available throughout BC
BC residents now have access to spring COVID-19 vaccine boosters to protect themselves from the…
What’s up with BC’s two-stream medical residency system?
An advocacy group trying to increase the number of highly skilled resident doctors who can…
HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter’s life-threatening diagnosis
For Jerica Armitage, a mother and hospital staffing clerk from Salmon Arm, the hidden expenses…
Five ways to fix emergency healthcare in BC
Medical students at the University of British Columbia have come up with five recommendations to…
Meet the team facilitating a Good Night Out on this Vancouver strip
It’s quarter to midnight and the Good Night Out team are arriving bundled up and…
Outlaw BC compassion club argues it merited Health Canada’s support
Vancouver-based compassion club that was buying unregulated drugs, testing and then distributing them to people…
UBC medical students offering free online program with a focus on prevention
Students from UBC's medical school are offering a free preventive online health-care service available for…
How to improve primary care services: Salmon Arm man takes part in provincial study
A Salmon Arm man spent just over a year working on a research project doing…
Passionate chef brings healthy from scratch meal options to Kamloops
A Kamloops chef who's passionate about health has launched a new business and is offering…
Can’t remember if you’re vaccinated for measles? Interior Health says you should find out
Getting a measles vaccine can't be a last minute decision for anyone wanting to travel…
Dramatic drop in Interior Health measles immunization rate has officials worried
Measles, once almost unheard of in recent years, is making a major comeback in Europe…