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Long COVID impacts one in every five people who’ve had the virus. In the U.S., early research shows people of colour are most likely to develop long COVID. It has been called a mass-disabling event.
The evidence so far suggests this wave could be a shorter and smaller version of the Omicron BA.5 wave.
Yi-Fu Tuan, who died in August 2022, was considered the father of humanistic geography. His scholarship on our sense of space and place can tell us a great deal about the challenges we face today.
A survey of disabled students found that some university accommodations they value became more widespread in the pandemic, like flexible course deadlines.
Two new omicron variants seem to be waiting in the wings to usurp BA.5. Here’s what we know about BQ.1 and XBB.
You might not know you’ve had it. Or perhaps your immune system or genes have given you a boost. Or maybe you’re just lucky.
The next COVID wave has already hit our shores. Make sure you check whether you’re recommended for another booster dose of vaccine.
Flu and COVID-19 are expected to make headway during the current respiratory virus season. The best way to stay healthy is vaccination in conjunction with personal protective measures.
Our research has shown that people with high blood pressure are more likely to be admitted to hospital and die from COVID. But effective blood pressure control helps.
Cases of seasonal diseases may be higher due to a lack of exposure during the pandemic. Here are four graphs which give us some clues as to how things might play out.
Long COVID can rob young people of an active life and cast future plans into doubt. But social support can help.
New research suggests Canadians were more likely to support Ottawa’s COVID-19 financial aid if they recognized others were dealing with financial struggles, no matter their own economic situation.
Lagging booster vaccine uptake in England means millions of people may not be optimally protected ahead of winter.
Some Republicans have claimed that a crisis exists on the US southern border. But federal immigration statistics tell a different story about the GOP’s overblown numbers.
Sometimes you just can’t wait to see a doctor. With the addition of more virtual services during COVID, these days you have more options.
Making unsubstantiated claims that pandemic online learning caused mental health problems doesn’t help us address students’ current needs.
These types of vaccines could offer certain advantages over conventional COVID shots. But we need more data to show us they’re effective.
In the absence of peace, efforts to address climate risks will be restrained, ineffective and counterproductive.
Community wealth building is a direct response to extractive policies and aims to build an economy on the principles of local ownership and control of assets.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
