Interior Health Authority

Contagious norovirus continues to spread at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS — A contagious stomach virus circulating at Royal Inland Hospital has affected four units,…

Interior Health confirms Norovirus at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS — Interior Health officials have confirmed the cause of a gastrointestinal outbreak among patients…

Interior Health warning public of gastrointestinal outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health Authority is warning the public of a gastrointestinal illness outbreak at…

Vavenby water users ‘do not use’ order rescinded
VAVENBY – All who were on the 'do not use' order in Vavenby can resume…

Confirmed flu cases in Interior Health Authority up from last year
An early start to this year’s flu season is one of many factors contributing to…

On demand HIV testing now available throughout Interior Health region
Testing for HIV is getting less complicated for residents throughout the Interior Health region, thanks…
Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season
The great purge is upon us once again, the annual influenza season that sickens and…
Residential treatment in the Interior has actually declined through the overdose crisis
“WE HAVE KIDS DYING. KIDS WE KNOW, THAT WE'VE HELD HERE, AND THEY'RE DYING BECAUSE…

Perpetual parking pinch part of Kelowna General Hospital land deal
KELOWNA – Don’t expect much neighbourhood opposition next week during a public hearing about a…

Kamloops council concerned with Interior Health hesitancy to support needle buyback
KAMLOOPS – Interior Health's lack of support for needle buyback programs was a hot topic…

Why this Kamloops mom is fighting to get her daughter back behind bars
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – As Laurel Smith sits on the back porch at her home…

Second hand smoke from numerous forest fires affecting the Southern Interior
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke, says B.C. Wildfire about today’s hazy conditions dominating skies in…

Interior Health Authority picks from within for new CEO
KELOWNA – The Interior Health Authority has gone internal for a replacement for outgoing CEO…

Here’s why Interior Health has concerns about needle buyback programs
KAMLOOPS – At least two communities in the Southern Interior have created a grassroots needle…

Why all those discarded needles are signs of progress for HIV, Hep C in Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Nearly 400 new Hepatitis C cases and as many as 15 HIV cases…