Tag Archives: Health
Canadian scientists fight coronavirus pandemic on dozens of fronts
Public health officials across Canada and around the world are working flat out to test as many people as possible for the novel coronavirus. Srinivas Murthy is working to figure out how to help&...
Mar 22, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
An open letter from RDC President Dr. Peter Nunoda
Friends of Red Deer College,This is a time that is unprecedented at RDC, not to mention provincially and globally. I know that many of us are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 related challenges on our ...
Mar 21, 2020
Day surgery unit temporarily closed at Red Deer Regional Hospital
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has implemented a temporary closure of the day surgery unit at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre as one of the measures they are undertaking to prepare to care for patien...
Mar 20, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
49 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta, three recoveries reported
EDMONTON - Alberta has confirmed an additional 49-cases of COVID-19 in the province, taking the total to 195. There are now 10 people hospitalized because of the illness and five of those are in inten...
Mar 20, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw
Province gives COVID-19 update for March 20
Premier Jason Kenney will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta during a news conference scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Immediately following, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of he...
Mar 20, 2020
Agencies warn domestic violence likely to rise due to COVID-19 anxiety
As self-isolation, quarantine and social distancing increase while the COVID-19 pandemic goes on, agencies are warning that incidents of domestic violence are likely to rise. The Calgary Domestic Viol...
Mar 20, 2020 (Women's Outreach Centre)
New app helps Albertans access health care
Albertans can now meet with Alberta-licensed physicians through their smartphone, thanks to an initiative by TELUS Health.The province says "Babylon by TELUS Health" is a service already available in ...
Mar 19, 2020 (Photo: Telus Health)
Alberta records first COVID-19 death
Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, says the victim is a male in his sixties from the Edmonton zone who had underlying hea...
Mar 19, 2020
Pharmacists to assess Albertans for COVID-19, manage drug supply
Pharmacists have been working hard to help Albertans assess and screen for COVID-19 and now the province says a new billing code has been created for this service.Officials say this new pharmacy servi...
Mar 19, 2020 File
What’s your role in this?
What to do in the middle of … whatever the hell this is? It’s got the world shook up and everyone paying attention. Borders are shut down, downtowns are ghost towns, calendars, workp...
Mar 19, 2020