Health

The Lending Cupboard now taking appointments during pandemic

There is good news for those in need of important pieces of medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. After closing its doors earlier this month to help protect its volunteer staff during the pa...

Mar 25, 2020

Three Red Deer physicians test positive for COVID-19

Three physicians from Red Deer have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, says all three attended the curling bonspiel earlier this month in Edmon...

Mar 24, 2020

Alberta records second death from COVID-19

Alberta has recorded its second death as a result of COVID-19. The latest fatality was a Calgary woman in her 80s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in Calgary. A staff member and two oth...

Andrew Snook Mar 24, 2020

Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising

OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...

Mar 24, 2020

Alberta updates self-isolation guidelines

Alberta has updated its COVID-19 self-isolation guidelines for those who are sick from 14 days to 10 days following the onset of symptoms.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, ...

Mar 24, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw delivers her daily COVID-19 update on March 23

11 who attended Edmonton bonspiel test positive for COVID-19

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has updated the case of western Canadian doctors who attended a recent curling bonspiel in Edmonton with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19.Dr. De...

Mar 24, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Text-based service launched for Albertans stressed over COVID-19

AHS has launched a new text-based service to give Albertans encouragement and ease feelings of stress or anxiety as they respond to recent challenges. Albertans can text "COVID19Hope" to 393939. In re...

Mar 23, 2020 Michał Rojek | Dreamstime.com

Red Deer with 9 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer has risen to nine.It's a jump of six new cases from Sunday's total and the largest single-day rise in Red Deer novel coronavirus cases to date. Ac...

Mar 23, 2020

Kenney tells returning Albertans to go directly home for self-isolation

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Premier Jason Kenney did not mince words when it comes to what Albertans abroad must do when they return to the province. "We need to send a message to all of them that they must se...

Mar 23, 2020 (Canadian Press file photo)

Dr. Deena Hinshaw gives COVID-19 update for March 23

Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide an update on COVID-19 and the province's ongoing work to protect public health.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference now schedule...

Mar 23, 2020