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Amir Ali (right) is going from the basketball court to fighting COVID on the front lines in a hospital

Bison athlete trading sports gear for scrubs

April 7, 2020 — 
Amir Ali will "virtually" graduate this spring and is moving on to take up residency at the University of Toronto, in one of Canada's regions hardest-hit by the pandemic.

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Isolated medical students provide weekly COVID-19 updates

April 7, 2020 — 
A group of students from the Max Rady College of Medicine are using their time of social distance to provide clear information during the COIVD-19 pandemic.

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Chris Moskal and Diana Craig, second year medical students

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Rady students step up to help with COVID-19 response in Manitoba

April 6, 2020 — 
Over 600 students across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have stepped up to assist with COVID-19 response efforts.

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DIY COVID tests not always accurate, says UM virologist

April 3, 2020 — 
A UM expert on infectious diseases warns that Do-It-Yourself or at-home COVID-19 tests that are being sold commercially may not be completely accurate.

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Large gatherings of people lead to more infections, says UM virologist

April 3, 2020 — 
In a CBC news story, infectious disease expert Dr. Jason Kindrachuk says that we know more about the spread of COVID-19 and that a lot more people can be at risk and can unknowingly be carriers.

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UM helps with pandemic preparedness in India

April 3, 2020 — 
A University of Manitoba-led health unit is helping the most populous state in India prepare for the escalation of COVID-19.

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UM researcher leads study on effective N95 mask decontamination during COVID-19 crisis

April 2, 2020 — 
University of Manitoba clinician-scientists and their research partners at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) have identified effective standard hospital sterilization techniques that may enable in-demand N95 masks to be sterilized up to 10 times for reuse in clinical settings

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New analysis finds that Indigenous-led health care partnerships improve health outcomes

April 2, 2020 — 
A new analysis by Rady Faculty researchers and Indigenous elders says evidence is emerging to suggest that Indigenous-led health care partnerships are improving health outcomes in Indigenous peoples.

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CBC: Researchers report answer to global shortage of N95 masks amid COVID-19 crisis

April 2, 2020 — 
UM's Anand Kumar, professor of medicine, said preliminary results suggest some masks could be decontaminated and reused up to 10 times

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Nursing students provide ‘vital work’, join Health Links in fight against COVID-19

April 1, 2020 — 
UM nursing students working directly in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus

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