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Washing hands and coughing into your elbow can help limit the spread of infectious diseases on planes and around the globe. So why don’t passengers read about this in their inflight magazines?
Headlines about this year’s flu season have been alarming. It’s true, we are having a serious season – but the data doesn’t indicate it’s the worst one we’ve ever had.
There are many reasons adults might not be up to date with the vaccinations they need. Catching up is easy enough, and vitally important in the fight against infectious diseases.
The flood waters caused by Cyclone Idai have receded. But in some ways, the problems for many of the countries affected, are just beginning.
Because of the potential drawbacks of forcing people to vaccinate their children, we should take other measures to increase vaccination rates.
The high stress conditions of an outbreak can spread a dysfunctional culture among those working to fight it. A survey after the 2015 Ebola epidemic quantified the issue – and suggests a better way.
TB outside the lungs accounted for 14% of TB cases recorded globally in 2017.
Murray Valley encephalitis virus is a rare but potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus. Here’s what you need to know about it.
New survey of insect-borne disease in Venezuela.
The bacteria that causes melioidosis usually lives 30cm underground in clay soil but is dredged to the surface during heavy rains and floods, and can enter the body through small breaks in the skin.
The new Ebola vaccine is yet to be licensed but evidence shows that it protects against the strain of the virus.
At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.
We’ve had the measles vaccine in Australia since 1968, but a two-dose program was only introduced in 1992. And if you haven’t had the second dose, you’re at risk of contracting measles.
Q fever explained.
We commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1, but victims of a more deadly threat are rarely remembered. Let’s change that.
Scientists still rely on a set of 19th century postulates to identify disease-causing organisms but more than 100 years of research shows why we need to move on.
Did you forget to put the leftovers away? If it’s only an hour or two, that’s OK, but as the temperature drops under 60 degrees, the risk of bacterial growth – and food poisoning – increases.
Only half of Australia’s mozzies have been officially diagnosed, so how are scientists able to identify the others to help fight disease?
In the fight against cholera, new research in the DRC suggests that the rehabilitation of water networks would be more sustainable than other interventions whose effectiveness is debatable.
Principais colaboradores
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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 Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor and Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases, Immunisation and Emergencies Group, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
