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Meet eight honorary degree recipients who are building a better world
Graduates will hear speeches from people who advanced Indigenous Peoples’ rights, improved the field of search and rescue, and made new medical discoveries.
Health And Wellness, Research
Racism leads First Nations patients to leave emergency departments without completing care, study finds
First Nations patients face anti-Indigenous stereotypes and language, U of A researchers say.
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Children’s social circumstances dictate outcomes in emergency care
Early or prolonged exposure to social risk as kids can lead people to increased hospitalizations, poorer health and worse chronic conditions, study says.
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Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize
Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
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08 October 2020
By Gillian Rutherford
Research, Science and Technology
COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner
08 October 2020
By Michael Brown