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Winnipeg Free Press No update on possible case of India strain in Manitoba (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) Identifying and tracking new and potentially dangerous strains of COVID-19 is particularly important. Those new variants can only be detected using genetic sequencing. More than a week after Manitoba’s top doctor acknowledged the possible presence of the India variant in the province, nothing more has been said about it. More than a week after Manitoba’s top doctor acknowledged the possible presence of the India variant in the province, nothing more has been said about it. On Apri...

Share this article BETHESDA, Md., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Noura Abul-Husn, MD, PhD, FACMG is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2021 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award—the "Watson Award"—named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Dr. Michael Watson, FACMG. "I am truly honored and delighted to receive this award from the ACMG Foundation," said Dr. Abul-Husn. "I am deeply committed to growing an innovative program that translates genomic findings i...

JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters British Columbia will stop screening all positive COVID-19 tests for variants of concern, with medical experts saying the practice becomes less meaningful as variants drive case counts during the third wave of the pandemic, and one of them is poised to become the dominant source of infections in the province. B.C. is now developing a strategy that will limit screening for variants largely to surveillance testing, which involves a sampling of the population, and will focus on health measures to prevent deaths and serious illness. It is expected to be implemented in co...

  REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported 87 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, along with 114 recoveries and one more death. VARIANTS OF CONCERN Though the province did not confirm additional variant cases Wednesday, there are currently 313 presumptive cases. Those cases are in the Far Northeast (one), Saskatoon (six), Central East (five), Regina (264), South Central (23) and Southeast (14) zones. The Regina zone accounts for 84 per cent of presumptive variant cases. There are 135 confirmed variant cases in the province: 129 B.1.1.1.7 (which originated in the U.K.) and six B.1.3.5.1 (which origin...

Posted: Mar 17, 2021 2:40 PM CT | Last Updated: March 17 There were 4,096 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Tuesday in Saskatchewan, according to the province.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) Saskatchewan reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. A resident in the 80-and-older category from the northwest zone of the province has died due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 410.  There are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report in Saskatchewan, but there are now 313 presumptive VOC cases. That number has increased by 103 since Tuesday. Regina, with 264 presumpt...