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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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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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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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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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Celebrating International Women’s Day: Martha Donovan Awards empower Rady women as leaders

March 7, 2025 — 
Recipients say leadership training is helping them to advance women’s equity in health care, health education and health research.

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All 2025 Doctors Manitoba Award winners associated with UM medical college

March 6, 2025 — 
This year’s Doctors Manitoba Award winners all have strong connections to the Max Rady College of Medicine. 

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Research and International

Uncovering the genetic blueprint of the Prairies

March 6, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking research from PrairieGen is redefining how chronic and genetic diseases such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pediatric disorders are detected and treated.

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Historic HIV, syphilis testing initiative launches in Canada

March 5, 2025 — 
Amid soaring rates of HIV and syphilis in Canada – with Indigenous communities in the Prairies being hardest hit – a team of Indigenous leaders and HIV advocates, researchers, health-care workers and people with lived experiences, including HIV, have created the Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre. 

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ICYMI: Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy on CBC Manitoba

March 5, 2025 — 
For some people, surgery can be stressful and anxiety-inducing. It can cause many sleepless nights and make any pain patients are experiencing worse. For Dr. Renée El-Gabalawya clinical health psychologist at the University of Manitoba, she wanted to figure out a way to help patient's mental health before and after an operation.

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UM alum values her ‘phenomenal medical education,’ urges redesign of health system to ensure doctors thrive

February 28, 2025 — 
Today’s medical students are extraordinary individuals with great capacity to contribute as physicians, but the health-care system must change to support them in achieving their best, a distinguished medical alum said at a recent UM awards dinner.

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