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Call for the creation of a national registry for long COVID

Published October 4, 2024

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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By Flore Tamko Mbensi

The second Canadian Symposium on Long COVID came to a close in Edmonton on Friday, with an urgent call for the establishment of a national registry for the condition.

The event, organized by Long Covid Web, a network dedicated to research and support for people suffering from post COVID-19 condition, in collaboration with the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and Alberta Health Services, brought together researchers, clinicians and patients to discuss the challenges associated with the condition.

The speakers’ testimonies highlighted the devastating impact of long COVID on patients’ daily lives.

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Edmonton to see smoky skies, poor air quality into Monday night

Published May 12, 2024

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Published by: CTV News
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By Brittany Ekelund

Edmontonians saw a slight improvement in the smoky skies Sunday.

The air quality index in the city had dropped from a 10 – very high risk – to a high-risk 9 by Sunday afternoon.

According to Environment Canada, wildfire smoke is harmful even at low concentrations, and residents in affected areas were told to reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activities and watch for symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation.

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Confirmed case of measles in Edmonton, AHS warns of public exposure

Published April 24, 2024

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Published by: Edmonton Journal
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By Cindy Tran

Alberta Health Services is warning the public that an individual with lab-confirmed measles has been in public settings in Edmonton while infectious.

In a Wednesday news release, officials sent out a list of locations and times of when the infected person was out in public and said residents who were at any of the locations during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles:

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Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts

Published March 24, 2024

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Published by: CTV News / The Canadian Press
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By Bob Weber

Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper.

“Climate change impacts everything we care about,” she said. “It’s not just an environmental issue.”

That’s why Harper, along with 30 or so colleagues from disciplines as wide-ranging as economics and epidemiology, have banded together into what she calls Canada’s first university hub to shift the view of climate change from an environmental problem to a threat to human health.

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Hospital surge beds added as pressure grows in Alberta’s intensive care units

Published December 14, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Jennifer Lee

Alberta hospitals are squeezing in extra intensive care unit beds as respiratory virus cases balloon and ICUs fill up.

Alberta Health Services has added 17 adult surge beds since last week — 12 in Edmonton and 5 in Calgary— bringing the total to 240.

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Health-care workers on edge as number of Albertans hospitalized with COVID-19 doubles

Published October 19, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Jennifer Lee

Doctors and nurses are warning that Alberta’s health system is already under strain as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge and the respiratory virus season has yet to kick into high gear.

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Royal Alex becomes first Alberta hospital to bring back required masking

Published October 13, 2023

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By Sean Amato

Health-care workers, contractors and patients now have to wear masks in some parts of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID‑19.

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