COVID-19 outreach and research News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Experts must track mutating COVID-19 to develop effective vaccine: UM study
July 14, 2020 —
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researchers determined that scientists must track the genetic diversity of COVID-19 in order to develop an effective vaccine. They also determined that testing for the virus may produce false negative results if experts don't track how it's changing around the world.
CBC: A crash course in COVID: New University of Manitoba class will explore impact of pandemic
July 8, 2020 —
Anthropology course devoted to COVID-19 borne out of students' interest when crisis hit
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
COVID-19 could outwit science unless knowledge stays current: UM study
July 7, 2020 —
A study of whole genome sequencing samples from COVID-19 patients worldwide shows that rapid changes in the virus may cause false-negative test results.
UM to offer course on COVID-19 this fall
July 6, 2020 —
A course on COVID-19 will be offered this fall as an anthropology elective.
Research and International
How to build a better Canada after COVID-19: The power of everyday actions can bring about change
July 6, 2020 —
We live in a world where “normal” means systemic injustice that has become only more intense and apparent during COVID–19.
New funding for UM COVID-19 research
June 25, 2020 —
Six University of Manitoba researchers and their teams have received $7.5 million in federal and provincial funding to investigate a range of impacts of the virus on specific populations
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM team develop inexpensive 3D-printed ventilator following shortage
June 24, 2020 —
Doctors around the world could turn to a made-in-Manitoba design if hospitals experience a ventilator shortage during the second wave of COVID-19.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study explores online misinformation around immune boosting and COVID-19
June 15, 2020 —
Dr. Christen Rachul is studying the spread of misinformation on the internet around claims of immune boosting to prevent COVID-19.
COVID-19: Lessons learned from viral outbreaks
June 12, 2020 —
What did health professionals learn about dealing with viral outbreaks from the Ebola epidemic of 2018?
Faculty of Science
UM Virologist Peter Pelka is developing a recombinant vaccine to combat SARS-COV-2
June 11, 2020 —
Pelka may be on to a promising solution employing recombinant adenovirus to combat SARS-Cov-2. A natural fit for Pelka, who prior to the pandemic, had been using recombinant adenovirus to develop new cancer therapies.