Teegan Gillich

Jan 22, 2025 | themanitoban.com | Rhea Bhalla |Teegan Gillich

Long COVID is a condition where symptoms persist for weeks, months or even years after recovering from COVID-19. The symptoms, including chronic pain, brain fog, shortness of breath, chest pain and severe fatigue, can be overwhelming and disabling. Post-secondary students are especially at risk for repeated COVID-19 infections due to shared living environments (such as dorms and student housing) and frontline jobs (like waiting tables and working in retail).

Jan 15, 2025 | themanitoban.com | Quinn Mayhew |Teegan Gillich

There are a lot of misconceptions about obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is commonly shortened to OCD. Just because you like to clean does not necessarily mean you have OCD. For as long as I’ve been old enough to know what OCD is, people all around me have been saying, “I’m just so OCD.” Even at the time before I was diagnosed with OCD, I couldn’t understand why people were using it when they did not have OCD.

Jan 15, 2025 | themanitoban.com | Rhea Bhalla |Teegan Gillich

Child maltreatment is a widespread issue with severe and lasting consequences. According to the World Health Organization, six in 10 children under the age of five regularly suffer physical and psychological violence from parents and caregivers. Twenty per cent of women and 14 per cent of men report childhood sexual abuse. Tracie Afifi, professor in the U of M’s Max Rady college of medicine, conducts research in the areas of child maltreatment and mental health.

Jan 8, 2025 | themanitoban.com | Quinn Mayhew |Teegan Gillich

Have you ever worked a job made miserable by the so-called office “mean girl?” Being harassed or given the silent treatment at work by one or more people seems like a universal experience for those who have participated in the workforce. The workplace “mean girl” isn’t always a woman. For me, it’s usually associated with one or more individuals bent on getting you into trouble at work or generally making you feel bad for a magnitude of things.

Jan 8, 2025 | themanitoban.com | Rhea Bhalla |Teegan Gillich

Certain immigrant populations in Manitoba are facing growing challenges in accessing reproductive healthcare, as shifting policies push them into a system of fragmented private insurance coverage. Lindsay Larios, an assistant professor in the U of M’s faculty of social work, examines how these policies disproportionately affect international students and migrant workers, forcing them to navigate a patchwork of private insurance plans that often fail to provide essential reproductive care.