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COVID-19 outreach and research News Archive

COVID vaccine vials. // Image from Pixabay

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Flu, COVID-19 numbers in kids rising, likely to ‘get worse before they get better’: Winnipeg doctor

November 20, 2023 — 
Respiratory illness cases 'really gathering steam' at Children's Hospital ER: medical director

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Winnipeg Free Press: COVID-forced outdoor phys-ed classes beneficial: study

November 2, 2023 — 
COVID-forced outdoor phys-ed classes beneficial: study

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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.

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‘COVID Time’ is a real thing, and it’s not good

September 21, 2022 — 
During the peak of the pandemic, and mid-lockdown, many people reported they felt their days dragged on, inducing fatigue and making some tasks almost unbearable during 'COVID time'

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Student researchers Catherine Campos and Samantha Prokopich stand outside the Brodie Centre at Bannatyne campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Long-COVID research for children limited, students find

August 30, 2022 — 
Two undergraduate student researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences say more study is needed on the long-term effects of COVID on children.

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Wenlong Yuan

‘Long COVID’ effects on business and education

August 29, 2022 — 
Wenlong Yuan, Stu Clark Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the UM Asper School of Business, is researching the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for international business strategy and small and medium-sized enterprises

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Portrait of Dr. Terry Klassen.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM researchers to develop COVID-19 resources related to kids coming to Emergency

August 15, 2022 — 
A University of Manitoba project aimed at providing emergency department health-care professionals with the latest information about conditions related to COVID-19 and children has received more than $433,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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Portrait of Dr. Kathleen Decker. A whiteboard with blue writing all over it is in the background.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM study focuses on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in Manitoba

August 11, 2022 — 
A University of Manitoba study focused on understanding the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on cancer care in Manitoba has received more than $439,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots.

New research collaboration aims to better understand COVID variants

August 4, 2022 — 
COVID-19 variants will continue to affect the global population until more solutions are found to limit transmission, and two University of Manitoba researchers are working on strategic projects that will help do just that

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Dr. Marcia Anderson in front of a teal backdrop

Free Press: Race-based data a hallmark of pandemic response

June 20, 2022 — 
Information collected shaped Manitoba’s vaccine roll out

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