COVID-19 News Archive
Gizmodo: Scientists now worried the UK coronavirus variant is deadlier
January 22, 2021 —
'This is of course quite concerning, given the speed at which this variant has overtaken circulating strains across different regions and our inability to control general transmission in many parts of the world'
A clean, safe and secure campus
January 20, 2021 —
Planning for a healthy research, learning and work environment: Protocols
Faculty of Science
UM mathematician Julien Arino receives Radio-Canada Scientist of the Year Prize
January 18, 2021 —
Dr. Julien Arino, in the Department of Mathematics, is one of four mathematicians awarded the CBC Radio-Canada Scientist of the Year 2020 prize for his work in modelling the COVID-19 pandemic
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Research project to analyze human viruses in Winnipeg’s rivers
January 15, 2021 —
A student in the VADA Program will test treated wastewater that flows into the Red and Assiniboine Rivers for human viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19.
The Conversation: Reopen recreation spaces after COVID-19 for the good of the public, not the individual
January 8, 2021 —
Yet the lessons from our first reopening strategies last spring make it clear that we have a number of very important questions arising about leisure, recreation and public space
Op-Ed: We can do it: WW II offers lessons for COVID-19 vaccine planning
December 23, 2020 —
Distributing and getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of millions of people, error-free, is going to be a herculean task. We would do well to learn from WW2 distribution, says UM alumnus.
Top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
A year to remember or a year to forget? The COVID-19 pandemic dominated headlines across the globe, including here at the University of Manitoba, but there was always light behind the dark clouds. Positive stories shone through.
UM Today editors pick their top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
Here are some stories that caught the attention of the UM Today editors
UM assisting Shared Health for first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Manitoba
December 16, 2020 —
The first Manitobans to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are receiving them at the UM Rady Faculty of Health Sciences today.