Are you confident about your hepatitis status?
Worldwide, about 290 million people are living with viral hepatitis but don’t know it. Viral hepatitis kills more people each year than any other infectious disease, including HIV, malaria, and tube...
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Active transportation: Daily physical activity can lead to health benefits
How often do you walk, cycle, or wheel to get to work or school? With warm weather arriving across Northern BC, now’s the time to opt for active modes of transportation instead of driving your car e...
2020 Jago Award winners: Collaboration
Northern Health (NH) strives to make our values – empathy, respect, collaboration, and innovation – the core of what we do every day. The Dr. Charles Jago Awards, named after our former board c...
Staying local this summer: More Northern BC staycation ideas
Many Northerners – including NH staff – are staying close to home this summer! Check out these staff staycation ideas for exploring local spots in our beautiful backyard! Discovering local hiki...
Bee-ing flexible: School pollinator program engages students at home
(Note: this article was authored with support from Margo Peill, Northwest region community animator with Farm to School BC) In the last months of the 2019-2020 school year, schools worked hard to f...
Improving quality of life for dementia patients in long-term care
There are many forms of dementia. It’s a term that refers to diseases and conditions that impact memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking skills that affect a person's ability to perfor...
