COVID-19 outreach and research News Archive
N95 Mask Decontamination using Standard Hospital Sterilization Technologies
April 2, 2020 —
This is a preliminary manuscript
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
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
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
Nature is having its own way, says UM virology expert
March 31, 2020 —
UM medical microbiologist and virology expert Dr. Kevin Coombs says that what we are seeing play out in the world today is nature is taking its course.
Hundreds of UM students volunteering to help fight against COVID-19
March 31, 2020 —
UM students Francis Arevalo and Thomas Koop are profiled as representative of students helping their community
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Food and COVID-19: What do we know?
March 30, 2020 —
Food scientist Dr. Claudia Narvaez offers tips on food safety and handling
International collaboration developing nanotechnology that may be used against COVID-19
March 30, 2020 —
A new approach to stopping virus growth gives hope for new therapeutic options against seasonal influenza, bird flu and possibly COVID-19
A treatment for COVID-19 will be found, reassures UM virologist
March 30, 2020 —
Winnipeg Free Press story notes that Dr. Yao is the lead investigator of a research team at UM studying a potential vaccine for COVID-19, one of six proposals selected by the federal government this month
Courageous UM Med student just one of Winnipeg’s heroes
March 28, 2020 —
A feature article on local heroes by Winnipeg Free Press reporters Ben Waldman, Joyanne Pursaga and Ryan Thorpe includes a short profile of UM medical student Juan Mohadeb
“Correlation does not equal causation,” says UM COVID-19 researcher
March 27, 2020 —
Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, UM assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses, cautions that herbal or folk remedies against COVID-19 aren't to be trusted.