Health

Local HIV Testing Day event postponed

Local plans to mark HIV Testing Day this weekend have been delayed until later this year.Kevin Cunningham with Turning Point in Red Deer says the decision aligns with directives from the Canadian Aids...

Jun 25, 2020

Man walking from Calgary to Edmonton in support of lung association

An Alberta man will be hitting the road later this summer to help raise awareness and funds for the Lung Association of Alberta and Northwest Territories. "There are few things in life that make me mo...

Andrew Snook Jun 25, 2020

Red Deer back to no active cases of COVID-19

There are once again no active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer. The latest numbers from the province released Wednesday afternoon show the lone active case of the novel coronavirus in our city has now r...

Jun 24, 2020

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta down by 10

There's been a slight drop in the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta. The province is reporting 532 active cases as of Tuesday, a decrease of 10 from Monday's report. Overall, there are 45 ...

Jun 23, 2020

Alberta investing in targeted serology testing to track COVID-19 spread

Alberta is investing $10 million into targeted serology testing in a bid to help track the spread of COVID-19 across the province.Serology testing is used to detect the presence of antibodies in a per...

Jun 23, 2020

Alberta shares COVID-19 update for June 23

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch th...

Jun 23, 2020

Alberta physicians calling for changes to proposed smoking and vaping legislation

An ad hoc group of Alberta physicians is calling on the province to make changes to its proposed bill aimed at curbing the rise in youth vaping.The group has written Premier Jason Kenney requesting am...

Jun 23, 2020

Fauci says 'it will be when not if' for a COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - The government's top infectious disease expert told a House committee on Tuesday he believes "it will be when and not if" there will be a COVID-19 vaccine and that he remains "cautiously ...

Jun 23, 2020

Alberta commits more funding to Virtual Opioid Dependency Program

The province is giving $4 million over four years to expand access to the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VODP), it announced on Monday.The program is run by Alberta Health Services and uses telehe...

Jun 22, 2020

Alberta reports 32 new COVID-19 cases

Another 23 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19, according today's updated numbers from the province, for a total of 7,041. The number of active cases in Alberta is 542. A total of 32 new cases were...

Jun 22, 2020