Tag Archives: Health

Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19.

EDMONTON, AB- Alberta's "Germ Hunters" team has turned up cases of a rare pulmonary disease linked to bats.Infectious disease experts at Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) along with researchers fro...

The provincial government says there are now 259 pharmacies in 107 Alberta communities offering COVID-19 vaccine - a 154 per cent increase in participating pharmacies since March 1.The number of parti...

A father whose son's organs helped others after he died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's disturbed a private member's bill to increase speed limits on major Alberta highways is moving ahead...

OTTAWA - The United Kingdom's drug regulator says a "rigorous scientific review" has ruled out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as the cause of blood clots in veins but is doing a more detailed study lo...

There was a slight uptick in Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count on Wednesday. The latest update from the province shows 96 active cases in the city, up three from Tuesday.Red Deer added 11 recoveri...

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

EDMONTON, AB- Working parents have until March 31 to apply to receive a one-time $561 per child benefit to help with the cost of child care.Alberta parents "who used child care from April to December ...

The provincial government is touting its three-year, $50-million commitment from the latest budget to modernize and improve rural health facilities across the province.The Rural Health Facilities Revi...

COVID-19 swabbing and immunization services in Red Deer will soon under one roof at a new location at Westerner Park. Alberta Health Services says immunization services will begin at the new facility ...