Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and director of police services Clayton Pecknold released the following statement in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, 2016.

As families get ready for school, deputy provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reminds parents to make sure their kids’ vaccines are up-to-date.

The Practice Ready Assessment program assesses internationally trained physicians for practice in B.C. As part of the program, doctors undergo a rigorous assessment process, spending three months with a B.C. physician who evaluates their skills as they care for patients. Physicians successfully completing the program commit to practice for at least three years in a designated rural community in need.

A $100,000 grant from the Ministry of Health will assist the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks to outfit their new community health centre with medical equipment, supplies and furniture.

British Columbia is experiencing an unprecedented rise in overdoses.

Dr. Doug Cochrane, provincial patient safety and quality officer for British Columbia and chair of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, will lead a review of the functioning of IHealth, the new electronic health record system at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced $50,000 in new funding to Pain BC today.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced $100,000 to the Gastrointestinal Society to support its three-pronged community outreach programming aimed at helping support the digestive health of British Columbia's seniors.

Updated statistics from the BC Coroners Service show the number of illicit drug overdose deaths among B.C. residents has increased.

BC Transplant celebrated a major milestone that will help save lives in British Columbia: the one-millionth registration in the province’s Organ Donor Registry.