There’s a norovirus outbreak at the Winter Olympics. Here’s what that means – and why it’s so hard to stop.
Once a respiratory virus like influenza has entered your home or workplace, it is wise to treat the space like a hospital and practice infection prevention and control.
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Antimicrobial stewardship is proving effective, but we’re not fully across what is happening.
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. Scientists believe flight may influence their immune responses to coronoviruses, which cause fatal diseases such as SARS and MERS in humans.
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Scientific studies show that bats may carry “coronoviruses” causing SARS and MERS - without showing symptoms of disease. Could the bat immune system be key to human survival in future pandemics?
Researchers have found Australia’s first confirmed case of tularemia in a ringtail possum.
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Tularemia is an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans. While it can be fatal, it is rare in Australia and can be treated with antibiotics.
People mainly think of GPs over-prescribing antibiotics, but ubiquitous use in farming and other areas also contributes to resistance in bacteria.
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One year after the end of the West African Ebola epidemic, a study of survivors in Guinea shows what has been learned about the deadly virus, and what remains unknown.
According to the World Health Organisation, antimicrobial resistance is now at crisis point.
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The US Centers for Disease Control has reported a woman in her 70s has died of overwhelming sepsis caused by a bacterium that was resistant to all available antibiotics.
Easy to transport and store, skin patches could soon replace needles for vaccination.
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Trachoma easily spreads from one child to another through infected eye and nose secretions. A person may have up to 40 episodes of reinfection during childhood.
Next time just work with your body clock.
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Study investigates whether a decrease in serious childhood disease could be extending human lifespan.
Advances in computing make it possible to model the spread of disease on an individual level, in a population of millions of people.
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There’s no doubt chronic alcohol abuse changes the body’s infection-defence system. But here’s what the research says on whether a binge-drinking weekend can make people more susceptible to illness.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a leading cause of hospital infections.
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We’ve heard a lot lately about superbugs – bacteria that are resistant to current antibiotics. But as the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined. This…