COVID-19 News Archive

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
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

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
CBC Manitoba: Doctors Manitoba warns about medical misinformation as it launches annual wellness campaign
January 31, 2025 —
Thirty-seven per cent of Canadian Medical Association survey respondents said they get health info online due to lack of doctor

Faculty of Arts
Winnipeg Sun: Remnants of COVID disruption could be driving rural Manitoba homicide spike: prof
December 9, 2024 —
Remnants of COVID disruption could be driving rural Manitoba homicide spike: prof

Faculty of Arts
Winnipeg Free Press: Employee engagement plan, No easy answers to ongoing labour shortage issues but retention is key, HR experts say
September 20, 2024 —
Employee engagement plan No easy answers to ongoing labour shortage issues but retention is key, HR experts say

Faculty of Arts
CityNews: COVID vaccination rates dismal across Canada 4 years after pandemic was declared
March 12, 2024 —
COVID vaccination rates dismal across Canada 4 years after pandemic was declared

Asper School of Business
PsyPost: Psychological entitlement: New research unveils link to pandemic non-compliance and conspiracy beliefs
March 5, 2024 —
Psychological entitlement: New research unveils link to pandemic non-compliance and conspiracy beliefs

Asper School of Business
Global News: Ottawa’s ‘Shark Tank’: Invitation-only program helped rapid test importers land billions
February 29, 2024 —
Global News: Ottawa’s ‘Shark Tank’: Invitation-only program helped rapid test importers land billions

CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba virologist discusses EG.5, new COVID-19 strain
August 16, 2023 —
The emerging COVID-19 variant, known as EG.5, has been detected in Manitoba and may eventually become the dominant strain.

Mask use encouraged, not required, for Summer Term 2023
April 24, 2023 —
A message from Dr. Michael Benarroch, President and Vice-Chancellor

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Community governance essential for Manitoba’s race-based health data, speakers say
February 10, 2023 —
BIPOC communities must have governance over race-based health data when Shared Health starts collecting it at hospitals, experts said at a community discussion event.