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What’s happening with the Australian CDC?
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly will lead the interim Australia Centre for Disease Control. The Albanese government pledged to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control...
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Got no COVID-19 symptoms? A gene mutation might be the reason
A global study has unearthed a possible genetic reason why some people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 show no symptoms. Human leukocyte antigens – or HLAs – are important genes that...
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When COVID-19 got tough in Europe, people went fishing
Recreational fishing more than doubled in three European countries during COVID-19 lockdowns, and activity remained higher after the pandemic. Researchers from Europe and Australia analysed four years...
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US Republicans more likely to die than Democrats once COVID-19 vaccines were...
Registered Republican voters in two US states were more likely to die than Democrat voters during the first year that COVID-19 vaccines were available, according to new data from half a million...
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New COVID test will take your breath away
Sticking a swab up your nose might be a thing of the past shortly: American scientists have created a fast-working breath test that identifies traces of the virus that causes COVID-19. The team from...
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An ominously nicknamed new COVID-causing variant is spreading quickly across...
An ominously nicknamed new COVID-causing variant is spreading quickly across the globe. EG.5.1 is another subvariant of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 virus. It has been nicknamed ‘Eris’ after the Greek...
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Vale epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, a giant of Australian epidemiology, has died aged 70. While McLaws rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, her work in infection control began decades before...
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Long COVID brain fog linked to immune response
Australian researchers have identified a biological pathway that appears to be activated in people with long COVID who suffer from ‘brain fog’ giving heart to people who fear their issues are being...
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Latest: What are the origins of COVID-19?
As the debate continues about the origins of COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we asked Professor Dominic Dwyer, a Medical Virologist at Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney, to answer some...
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Severity of COVID-19 in children depends on age and dominant variant
Admissions of children with COVID-19 to intensive care decreased over successive waves of the virus, according to a global study of disease severity in children across 9 countries, including...
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China: End of zero COVID policy saw excess deaths explode
China saw 1.87 million more deaths than usual in the 2 months following the end of its zero COVID policy, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. After the initial outbreak, China’s dynamic...
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Scientists find high killer T cell response in critical COVID-19 cases
Researchers have found an unusual immune response in unvaccinated, critically ill COVID-19 patients that could inform future vaccines. A study by teams from the University of Sydney and UNSW,...
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New flu virus strain found in Cambodian pigs poses pandemic risk
Previously unknown strains of influenza A virus have been found circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations according to research led by scientists at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore....
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Controversy over claims about long COVID research
Scientists writing in an influential medical journal are questioning the state of long COVID research, saying it has created “widespread misunderstanding”. The opinions have drawn criticism from...
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Cause of increased heart risk from COVID infection revealed
Researchers from New York University have uncovered an explanation for why infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes: it triggers an immune...
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Combined flu and COVID mRNA vaccine headed for next step
Moderna’s combined flu and COVID vaccine is headed for the final stage of clinical trials. The company announced promising results from its Phase 1/2 trial of mRNA-1083, an mRNA vaccine designed to...
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No mandates, but authorities still ask people to think about COVID safety
As an “eighth wave” of COVID-19 emerges, it’s very much business as usual for most Australians. The disease is now very much part of life – the World Health Organization ended its public health...
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WHO updates its guidance on treatments for COVID-19
The World Health Organization has updated its Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline with the most up-to-date recommendations for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. The fourteenth version,...
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Updated COVID-19 vaccinations could be coming soon to Australia
As Australia enters an “eighth wave” of COVID-19, 2 updated vaccines could soon be available to the public. In early October the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved two updated COVID-19...
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No difference in social skills for pandemic-exposed kinder kids
A study of preschool children in Ontario, Canada finds those exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic had better vocabulary and visual memory skills and no difference in their social and emotional skills at...
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