Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
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Student Survival Guide during COVID-19 pandemic
March 31, 2020 —
Here is a guide to help learners navigate life in this taxing time and help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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
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Workshops aim to strengthen health-care research in Manitoba
March 30, 2020 —
Increased collaboration among health-care researchers, policymakers, clinicians and patients in the community will help build a health-care system that meets the needs of all people, organizers of a new province-wide initiative said.
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.
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Flattening the Curve: UM researchers launch province’s first clinical trial to combat COVID-19
March 25, 2020 —
Manitoba’s first clinical trial to test whether a malaria drug can prevent people from contracting COVID-19 is being led by a team at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, and today it begins recruiting volunteers to participate in the study
Radio Canada International: Health authorities dealing with ‘fundamental shift’ in COVID-19 spread
March 25, 2020 —
Professor Jason Kindrachuk explains
Profile of MB Chief Medical & Nursing Officers, alumni Dr. Brent Roussin and Lanette Siragusa
March 24, 2020 —
In a feature profiling Canada's Chief Medical Officers across the country, Giuseppe Valiante of the Canadian Press noted two outstanding UM alumni