Tag Archives: Health
World Health Organization declares global emergency over Chinese coronavirus
BEIJING (AP) - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number...
Jan 30, 2020 A doctor puts on a protective suit and goggles at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (AP)
RDC flies Bell Let's Talk flag
January 29 marks the annual Bell Let's Talk Day, a day to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and to talk about it openly.For every tweet, retweet, text, call or social media view, Bell Canad...
Jan 29, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
First presumptive case of coronavirus recorded in B.C.
VICTORIA - Health officials have confirmed the first presumptive case of coronavirus in B.C.Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said the case involves a man in his 40s who lives in the Vancouver Co...
Jan 28, 2020 Image Credit: Dmitryi Epov | Dreamstime.com
Rebels-Hurricanes blood donor challenge coming down to the wire
The annual blood donation challenge between the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes is as close as it gets heading into its final week. After a significant boost in blood donations in Lethbridge...
Jan 27, 2020
Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor
CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...
Jan 27, 2020
Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case
TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...
Jan 27, 2020
Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020
Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020
Tumour on Edmonton woman's liver was rare parasite, not cancer
EDMONTON - Cassidy Armstrong says she washes her hands, cleans her vegetables and doesn't own any pets. "How did I get it? I don't know," says the 36-year-old from Edmonton. Armstrong had su...
Jan 26, 2020
Where does your adventure live!
I recently got sick at the airport. Luckily, I met a doctor! Imagine my shock when he told me I had a terminal illness. *** The adventure begins where plans end. What does adventure mean to you?...
Jan 26, 2020