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Age and education level are the main factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. While this affects Māori and Pacific communities, basic access to health care and information is more important.
From maternity wards to primary care, Canadian researchers are looking to find the positive motivations of vaccine hesitant people, whether they are new parents or other adults.
Roald Dahl’s daughter Olivia died of measles aged seven.
We’ve gone from a novel virus to several COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year. Here’s what we’ve learned from earlier vaccines to allow this to happen.
US monuments and memorials have overlooked frontline workers and people of color affected by past epidemics. Will we repeat history?
After recent suspected COVID-19 cases and with repatriation flights postponed, Samoa takes no chances.
As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it’s not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it’s usually here to stay.
A pediatrician answers parents’ questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that’s so important.
For a COVID-19 vaccine to stop the pandemic, a large percentage of the population will have to get vaccinated. A law professor explains how far government and employer vaccine mandates can legally go.
African governments should shift their attention to strengthening health systems so that they are better placed to respond to any pandemic.
The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
South Africa could lose many children due to a measles outbreak which is completely preventable.
South Africa must develop a comprehensive health and economic strategy if it is to stop the COVID-19 pandemic without causing long term socio-economic damage.
Epidemiologists want to quickly identify any emerging disease’s potential to spread far and wide. Dependent on a number of factors, this R0 number helps them figure that out and plan accordingly.
Measles infection can be easily managed with prompt health care and symptom management. But without care, mild symptoms can turn into life threatening secondary infections or long-term effects.
For more than a month, Samoa has been battling a measles outbreak of huge proportions. Things are very slowly starting to improve.
There is no clear difference in measles control between countries that mandate vaccination and those that don’t.
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The solution to measles outbreaks is deceptively easy: vaccinate more children. This belies the challenges along the path to that solution.
Even when cases of measles are detected in clinics, limited diagnostic and communication infrastructure can delay the response.
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Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Health, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance; Clinical Lecturer, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Computing & Information Systems; Director, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
