Health

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

Alberta adds new COVID-19 physician billing codes

The Alberta government is providing more options for virtual patient care as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New temporary physician billing codes are being added by the province to the...

Mar 23, 2020

Kenney updates Alberta's response to COVID-19

Premier Jason Kenney will provide an update on Alberta's response to COVID-19. Kenney will speak during a news conference scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. You can watch it live below.

Andrew Snook Mar 23, 2020 (Canadian Press file photo)

Federal government spending $192-million to produce COVID-19 vaccines

OTTAWA, ON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is planning to invest $192 million to help create and produce vaccines for COVID-19.The money will be distributed to a number of ...

Mar 23, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (The Canadian Press)

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): --- 9:05 Anyone who ignores Vancouver's state of local emergency declaration could receive a ticket and stiff fine if cit...

Mar 23, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Radiologists concerned about postponement of screening mammograms, status of other medical imaging tests

The following is a letter to Albertans from Dr. Rob Davies on behalf of Alberta's Radiologists RE: postponement of screening mammograms, and the status of other medical imaging tests.Dear Albertans:Yo...

Mar 22, 2020