CBC Manitoba: Swan Valley’s spike in HIV cases triggers outbreak-like response from Manitoba health officials

Julie Lajoie, an assistant professor in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba, said government efforts to prevent HIV transmission require various measures, including clean needles, condoms and supervised injection sites. (Justin Fraser/CBC)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Swan Valley’s spike in HIV cases triggers outbreak-like response from Manitoba health officials

February 26, 2025 —
More than 40 new HIV cases reported in a few months, 'many more' than normal

AIDS/HIV, department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases

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Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin is in her lab wearing a white lab coat. She is pouring a red liquid from one container to another.

UM health researchers receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding

February 14, 2025 —
Health researchers at the University of Manitoba have been awarded more than $9.6 million in the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).  

college of pharmacy, department of community health sciences, Department of Educational Administration, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, department of immunology, department of internal medicine, department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, department of pediatrics and child health, department of pharmacology and therapeutics, department of physiology and pathophysiology, department of surgery, Dr. Dake Qi, Dr. Deanna Santer, Dr. Donald Miller, Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, Dr. Jarret Woodmass, Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Dr. Jonathan McGavock, Dr. Liam O'Neil, Dr. Lucy Delgado, Dr. Marissa Becker, dr. michel aliani, Dr. Thomas Murooka, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Faculty of Education, Foundations and Psychology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

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Dr Jared Bullard (photo credit Shared Health)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Province warns of 5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba, connected to Ontario outbreak

February 6, 2025 —
Public health is notifying people who attended specific locations where they may have been exposed

department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, measles, pediatric infectious disease, vaccinations

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Kid with a cold Photo by: Andrea Piacquadio

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Getting the facts about respiratory viruses

January 10, 2025 —
Getting the facts about respiratory viruses

department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, Infectious Disease, influenza, Norovirus, RSV

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Listening to Experience

January 8, 2025 —
When Dr. Zulma Rueda was studying tuberculosis (TB) transmission in Colombian prisons as part of her PhD research 14 years ago, some prisoners approached her.

department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, Dr. Zulma Rueda, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

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