News Pitches August 9

News Pitches! 🗞

August 09, 2022

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Hello everyone!!I hope everyone is doing well! Here are the news and sports pitches for the week! Let me know if you would like to pick up a pitch or if you have any questions! And as always, feel free to pick up a story or pitch of your own!

News pitches

  • A research team has identified individual genetic defects that lead to heart failure, opening the door to more targeted diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

  • The Injury Prevention Centre has provided insight on injury-related ER visits for people experiencing houselessness.

  • A PhD student in the Faculty of Science led a study that suggests parasites have a greater health impact on mammal populations than previously known.

  • Interview a U of A professor on Alberta opening COVID-19 vaccines for children.

  • The Housing for Health project released guidelines that aim to help communities and organizations hosting public events provide healthier eating options.

  • Demand at the campus food bank has doubled in the past year and the food bank is also facing space limitations for food storage

  • A U of A researcher is engineering a new drug against blood cancers using innovative approaches like RNA technology.

Sports pitches

  • The Bears soccer team have added five new recruits!

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Have a great week,Martin