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Wintana Mokonnen works with a respiratory therapy manikin in a classroom setting.

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Respiratory therapy student an advocate for the profession

March 27, 2025 — 
Wintana Mokonnen was 17 when she first heard the term “respiratory therapy” (RT) while volunteering at Health Sciences Centre (HSC). Today, at 21, she is a passionate advocate for the field that she’s chosen. 

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The Sanatorium Traveling Clinic van made the rounds to treat tuberculosis patients in the mid- 20th century. // PHOTO FROM UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ARCHIVES

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CTV Morning Live Winnipeg: World Tuberculosis Day

March 24, 2025 — 
Dr. Rachel Dwilow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician from the University of Manitoba speaks to the rates of tuberculosis in Manitoba.

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Health care professional listening to a patient's heart rate using a stethoscope. Patient is laying in a hospital bed.

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Innovation meets research: Canada’s newest Academic Contract Research Organization

March 24, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba Academic Contract Research Organization, situated at the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, is a new innovative unit in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences to strengthen Manitoba’s capacity for leading and conducting human clinical trials.

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A group of Indigenous women work with medicinal plants on a beach in New Zealand.

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New Zealand visit transformative for Indigenous UM nursing students

March 21, 2025 — 
A knowledge exchange trip to New Zealand in 2024 was life-changing for Shayna Moore, a recent graduate from the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences who now works as a skills education coach for Indigenous students in the program. 

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Lily Lim in front of a neutral background

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CBC Manitoba: Winnipeg doctor explains the severity of juvenile arthritis

March 19, 2025 — 
Winnipeg doctor explains the severity of juvenile arthritis

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Measles vaccine

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CBC Calgary: Potential measles exposure alerts issued after confirmed cases in Calgary area and northern Alberta

March 15, 2025 — 
AHS issued an advisory about confirmed cases in Airdrie, Balzac and Fort Vermilion

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Headshot of Cameron Bouchard wearing a jacket with Metis symbols on it.

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‘You have to get the stories of the patients,’ says Métis health-care researcher

March 12, 2025 — 
College of Pharmacy grad student Cameron Bouchard is planning a study of the health-care experiences of Manitoban Métis people living with congenital heart disease.

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Dr. Tara Horrill

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Global News Winnipeg: Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosis

March 12, 2025 — 
Melanie Leslie-Bernard describes their mom Zoe as a brave, adventurous woman who loved travel and the outdoors

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Woman with long brown wavy hair, wearing a grey suit jacket and v-neck black shirt.

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CBC Manitoba: 5 years after start of pandemic, experts say Manitoba can still learn lessons from COVID-19

March 12, 2025 — 
Long-COVID treatment, public health information strategies among areas of possible improvement

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Several copies of the new issue of RadyUM magazine are fanned out on a table.

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New issue of RadyUM welcomes sixth college to Rady Faculty

March 10, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, online and in print. The cover story introduces the new College of Community and Global Health – soon to be the sixth college encompassed by the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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