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  CALGARY -- An infectious disease expert at the University of Calgary says airborne transmission is not a key factor when it comes to the spread of COVID-19. “I don’t think anyone is denying airborne transmission,” said Dr. John Conly to an expert round table on the issue earlier this month.  “But to be able to come out and say it is the major and predominant mode of transmission, from my perspective, I would like to see a much higher level of scientific evidence.” Conly, a Canadian advisor to the World Health Organization and professor at the University of Calgary, says clo...

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Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19 cbc.ca 1 hour ago Adam Miller, Erin Collins © Jennifer Lee/CBC Dr. John Conly, an infectious diseases physician and professor of medicine at the University of Calgary who also advises the World Health Organization, denies that aerosol transmission is a primary route of COVID-19 transmission, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World Health Organization has come under fire from international experts for his controversial comments do...

MORLEY, Alta. — The windswept foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal protective equipment to remote . . .

January saw by far the greatest number of new cases linked to those who left the province as concerns emerged over new COVID-19 variants