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Whooping cough on the rise across Interior Health region

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - An increase in cases of whooping cough across the Interior Health Authority, but primarily in the Central Okanagan, has prompted a warning from public health officials. Medical health officer Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi says in 2015 there has already been 58 confirmed cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, with 36 of them...

Violence prevention funding on the way for Hillside Centre

KAMLOOPS – It took several high profile assaults and meetings with the B.C. Nurses' Union, but the province is funding violence prevention initiatives at psychiatric facilities across B.C. The $2-million announcement, made today, Aug. 6 by Health Minister Terry Lake and B.C. Nurses’ Union President Gayle Duteil, will provide violence prevention action to four different...