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Grieving relatives of a football player who they say died by suicide after seeking help at a hospital believe a recent change by Saskatchewan health officials may have saved him. Samwel Uko, 20, of Abbotsford, British Columbia, was in Regina visiting an aunt when his body was found in the city's Wascana Lake two weeks ago. Justin Nyee, an uncle in Calgary, says he received a call from a…

Families separated from loved ones during recent tragedies in Saskatchewan believe new visitation rules could spare others from their pain. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced Wednesday that long-term care homes and hospitals can immediately begin applying more expansive rules to allow additional family members to visit a broader range of patients. They should be in place across…

Tests could help answer questions about prevalence of COVID-19 and risk of reinfection Work is underway to identify the best version of a test that could determine if a person has had COVID-19 by searching for antibodies in their blood.  Known as serology testing, the method can ascertain if a person was ever infected by looking for the specific antibodies that would be produced in…

It was a Thursday night when Chrissy Munro received a text message saying more nurses were needed in La Loche. She took one look at her husband, who knew exactly what she was thinking, before calling the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) to say she would go. “As soon as I looked at him I’m like, ‘I gotta do this.’ He’s like, ‘You’ve got to do…

A network of laboratories across Canada is studying mutations in the genetic footprint of COVID-19 to track patterns of transmission across the country and internationally.  Led by the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, along with Genome Canada, the research is working to identify as many genetic sequences as possible.  The goal is to understand…