More Alberta pharmacies roll out rapid strep throat tests
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More Alberta pharmacies roll out rapid strep throat tests
Description
March 9, 2024
Pharmacist Chelsea Kwong joins Global News Calgary with details on a point-of-care machine that can diagnose strep throat in minutes. The machines are now located in select London Drugs locations throughout Alberta, including one in the community of Shawnessy in Calgary.
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More Alberta pharmacies roll out rapid strep throat tests04:09 | March 9, 2024 -
Private companies looking to fill ‘care gap’ for menopausal, perimenopausal women01:53 | May 20, 2026 -
U of A study on how GLP-1s impact muscle and heart health is looking for participants04:42 | May 20, 2026 -
Wellness Wednesday: ER physician Dr. Shazma Mithani on prevention, wellness and advancing women’s Health03:34 | May 20, 2026 -
Patient dies in Edmonton ER waiting room02:09 | May 17, 2026 -
Mikisew Cree First Nation sues Alberta, feds over industrial development impacts01:47 | May 12, 2026 -
Edmonton farmers concerned over colostrum shortage in supply stores02:01 | May 10, 2026 -
Embracing the use of AI in health care05:35 | May 8, 2026 -
Football fundraiser supporting Calgary teen tackling cancer01:55 | May 7, 2026 -
Doctors warn self-referral testing plan could strain Alberta’s health system02:08 | May 7, 2026 -
Wellness Wednesday: The Built Together Grant Program02:59 | May 6, 2026 -
Alberta family mourns after relative dies just hours after hospital discharge01:55 | April 29, 2026 -
New ‘one bag, one visitor’ policy at Royal Alexandra Hospital E.R. after stabbing01:41 | April 28, 2026 -
Alberta AI researchers advocate for greater access to patient medical data03:17 | April 25, 2026 -
National events bring people together to honour lives lost in workplace tragedies08:09 | April 23, 2026 -
AIberta AI researchers and physicians create innovative tech to help healthcare professionals02:33 | April 23, 2026 -
University of Calgary researchers changing focus of head trauma studies02:02 | April 23, 2026 -
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Alberta to cover some IVF treatments for cancer patients01:39 | April 22, 2026 -
Wellness Wednesday: Behind the lens, benefits03:01 | April 22, 2026 -
‘Booby Food’ fights back against regulator shutdown02:43 | April 15, 2026 -
Canadian medical experts, volunteers aim to complete dozens of free surgeries in Peru02:02 | April 15, 2026 -
Alberta’s plan to curb MAID access worries ALS, Parkinson’s advocates02:03 | April 14, 2026 -
Doctor’s referral not needed for certain medical tests under proposed Alberta law01:47 | April 13, 2026 -
Movember launches ‘Know Thy Nuts’ campaign, urges young men to be ‘hands-on’ with their health05:18 | April 9, 2026 -
Wellness Wednesday: Community investment and health03:24 | April 8, 2026 -
A local woman has used her cancer journey as inspiration to write a book at acknowledging our feelings04:28 | April 1, 2026 -
Alberta woman uses MS diagnosis to help others living with disease02:00 | March 31, 2026 -
Migraine sufferers say changing winter weather is worsening their symptoms02:02 | March 30, 2026 -
First responder mental health and wellness05:17 | March 30, 2026 -
Dementia kits added to ambulances across central Alberta to help patients in distress02:09 | March 27, 2026 -
Alberta man with spinal cyst calls for health-care system changes after months of waiting for answers to his pain02:06 | March 27, 2026
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More Alberta pharmacies roll out rapid strep throat tests04:09 | March 9, 2024
-
Private companies looking to fill ‘care gap’ for menopausal, perimenopausal women01:53 | May 20, 2026
-
U of A study on how GLP-1s impact muscle and heart health is looking for participants04:42 | May 20, 2026
-
Wellness Wednesday: ER physician Dr. Shazma Mithani on prevention, wellness and advancing women’s Health03:34 | May 20, 2026
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Patient dies in Edmonton ER waiting room02:09 | May 17, 2026
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Mikisew Cree First Nation sues Alberta, feds over industrial development impacts01:47 | May 12, 2026
-
Edmonton farmers concerned over colostrum shortage in supply stores02:01 | May 10, 2026
-
Embracing the use of AI in health care05:35 | May 8, 2026
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Football fundraiser supporting Calgary teen tackling cancer01:55 | May 7, 2026
-
Doctors warn self-referral testing plan could strain Alberta’s health system02:08 | May 7, 2026
-
Wellness Wednesday: The Built Together Grant Program02:59 | May 6, 2026
-
Alberta family mourns after relative dies just hours after hospital discharge01:55 | April 29, 2026
-
New ‘one bag, one visitor’ policy at Royal Alexandra Hospital E.R. after stabbing01:41 | April 28, 2026
-
Alberta AI researchers advocate for greater access to patient medical data03:17 | April 25, 2026
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National events bring people together to honour lives lost in workplace tragedies08:09 | April 23, 2026
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‘Booby Food’ fights back against regulator shutdown02:43 | April 15, 2026
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Canadian medical experts, volunteers aim to complete dozens of free surgeries in Peru02:02 | April 15, 2026
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-
Doctor’s referral not needed for certain medical tests under proposed Alberta law01:47 | April 13, 2026
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Dementia kits added to ambulances across central Alberta to help patients in distress02:09 | March 27, 2026
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Alberta man with spinal cyst calls for health-care system changes after months of waiting for answers to his pain02:06 | March 27, 2026
More Alberta pharmacies roll out rapid strep throat tests
Description
March 9, 2024
Pharmacist Chelsea Kwong joins Global News Calgary with details on a point-of-care machine that can diagnose strep throat in minutes. The machines are now located in select London Drugs locations throughout Alberta, including one in the community of Shawnessy in Calgary.
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