Welcome to Facts about Flu - Our week-long series of articles about influenza. Ever wonder why the flu, coughs and colds that you suffered from in your youth have become a monster killer that rolls out…
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When people say they have “the flu”, what they’re experiencing most of the time is the common cold, which is not caused by the influenza virus at all. But the term “flu season”, which Australia is in the…
A survey of women from antenatal clinics in New South Wales has found that they are more likely to have the flu vaccine if…
NSW Health authorities should withdraw advertisements urging people to cover their coughs and sneezes with their hands and instead tell people to use their inner elbow, according to a letter to the editor…
Researchers have developed a new method to take snapshots of a human cell’s protein-making machinery, known as ribosomes…
Each year, different strains of influenza cause varying rates of illness throughout the community. So what strains are around this year and what kind of protection is offered by seasonal influenza vaccines…
A new flu detection test promises the ability to be carried in a first-aid kit and to be used with the ease of an iPhone…
Influenza is never off the news agenda for long. If it’s not the flu season (and it always is in one hemisphere) and the attendant calls for vaccinations, it’s news about vaccines causing problems or new…
Influenza is never off the news agenda for long. If it’s not the flu season (and it always is in one hemisphere) and the attendant calls for vaccinations, it’s news about vaccines causing problems or new…
A paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia today provides a possible reason for CSL’s 2010 flu vaccine causing febrile convulsions in children. The authors hypothesise that suboptimal use of…
Flu outbreaks in nursing homes can lead to pneumonia, stroke and heart attacks among elderly residents. Staff are a major potential source of infection, but only around one in five get an annual flu shot…
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor (Adjunct) in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Senior Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
