Margot Gage Witvliet went from being healthy and active to fearing she was dying almost overnight. An epidemiologist, she dug into the research to understand what’s happening to long-haulers like her.
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The Zapotec people of southern Mexico have always relied on each other to solve problems when the government can’t, or won’t, help. That’s proving to be a pretty effective pandemic response.
The UK was late at recognising smell loss as a COVID symptom.
Comparing presentations to Victorian hospital emergency departments in May 2020 to those in May 2019 reveals some important differences.
The way the media cover disasters tends to follow a similar trajectory, and the COVID-19 crisis is no exception.
Almost all of the Reserve Bank’s new Term Funding Facility has ended up in the hands of big businesses. There’s a way to make sure small businesses get it.
Working from home during the COVID-19 lockdown has caused a relaxation in traditional workplace rules, giving rise to a virtual workplace that is more flexible and humane.
Contact tracing may be around for years, but it’s not going to work if privacy concerns are not addressed.
Good ventilation can reduce the risk of catching coronavirus. An environmental engineer explains how to know if enough outside air is getting into a room and what to do if ventilation is bad.
Self-regulation by the technology industry has failed to keep people safe online. That’s a job for government.
Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus’s spread.
We need to keep social distancing and avoiding indoor spaces, even if the official rules have changed. A microbiologist explains why.
Answering this is not as straightforward as you might think. But a careful analysis of the data suggests the news is not great.
Why everyone working less could help alleviate the COVID-19 economic crisis.
There are a number of things you should do, including keeping the person with COVID-19 isolated, and cleaning regularly.
It can be daunting trying to work out how to get help with your mental health.
Peter Rozen QC declared before the Royal Commission into Aged Care that Australia’s aged care sector was “underprepared” to deal with COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has probably changed many aspects of life forever. But one thing unlikely to change is a snapback to the hyper-partisan bickering of politics before its arrival.
We can’t expect young men to access reliable COVID-19 messages from people they don’t know, through media they don’t use.
All universities face job losses. But the impacts of these job losses are greatest for regional communities.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, 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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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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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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Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
