A drug-addicted Melbourne anaesthetist has been accused of infecting 56 of his patients with hepatitis C by injecting himself with opiate-filled syringes, before using them on his patients. While his gross…
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In part eight of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Martyn Jeggo argues that we must search the animal world for clues if we are to react in time against the rise of new and emerging viruses…
Tests on adolescents show a vaccine against meningitis B, currently in development, is 90% effective. The disease mostly…
AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government. Here, Professor Martyn Jeggo looks…
New strains of salmonella that act like a Trojan Horse have been found, giving researchers a better chance at preventing…
Antibiotics are being prescribed for suspected infections without meeting the criteria for clinical infection, increasing…
Researchers have developed a faster and more effective method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) infections…
A new type of cell that boosts the human body’s ability to fight off infections and life-threatening diseases has been discovered…
One touch and you’re infected. By the next day your muscles ache, you have a fever and the beginnings of a headache. You don’t know it yet, but you only have a one in three chance of survival and you’ve…
It’s no secret that prisoners inject drugs. And because they don’t have access to sterile needles, inmates not only share needles – they share infectious diseases as well. The ACT government is currently…
Encephalitis lethargica, an infectious disorder that only once appeared in epidemic form (1916-1926), is largely forgotten now. But this curious illness provided significant insights into brain function…
The tuberculosis bacteria has a unique molecule on its surface that blocks a key part of the body’s defense. Research suggests…
New research has found that the number of malaria cases in the East African highlands has dropped dramatically, despite a…
Australia’s rates of HIV infection have remained stable for the last five years but gonorrhoea cases shot up 25% last year, while chlamydia rates have reached epidemic levels among young people, a new…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is currently in a battle with potentially preventable and treatable tuberculosis, as reported in today’s Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers. The disease has increased in the…
Researchers have developed a mosquito vaccine to control the spread of deadly diseases by the insects. Scientists have discovered…
Even though we’ve had a whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine since the 1950s, the disease is proving difficult to control and beat. Dealing with its resurgence requires clear communication about the importance…
The Hendra virus (HeV) infection has a high mortality rate in humans, killing four of the seven people who have ever contracted…
Reusable tourniquets could be responsible for transmitting superbugs in hospitals, according to research published in the…
An international team of scientists has shown that the plague pathogen has been around for 600 years. Between 1348 and 1353…
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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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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University
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