To stop the spread of COVID-19 across the globe, it’s important to understand the evolutionary imperative that viruses have to spread their genetic material.
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Viral infections can cause serious heart problems. Early reports suggested that the new coronavirus was causing myocarditis – inflammation of the heart.
Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has now reached people of working age. Here’s what you need to know about taking time off for your shot and if you’ll get paid.
For generations, queer people have demonstrated their adaptability to navigate life outside the status quo with supportive communities.
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Queer people have learned to build and rely on “chosen families.” Finding ways to creatively bolster and expand our networks of care takes on renewed importance in the pandemic.
From free beers to lottery tickets, many jurisdictions around the world have introduced vaccine incentives. Is it time for Australia to do the same?
Sales increases for self-published titles in the pandemic is likely related to the accessibility of ebooks during bookstore and library closures.
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Publishing houses face strain, and in some cases, closure, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Authors are looking for alternative ways to get their work to readers.
This giant effigy of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is intended to be burned as part of the Holika Dahan, during which the demon Holika is led to the stake on the eve of the Holi celebrations, a popular Hindu festival.
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The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
A volunteer delivers food parcels in Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Vaccinated people are well protected from getting sick, but could they inadvertently transmit the coronavirus?
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Pandemic viruses arise from raising, harvesting and eating animals. Policy strategy for averting the next pandemic should include supporting those already seeking to make plant-based dietary changes.
Police clear a homeless camp in Montréal’s east end May 3, 2021.
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A key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working.
Variants of interest and variants of concern seem to be popping up at an alarming rate. But how many of them do we really need to worry about?
A November 2020 memorial in Washington, D.C. consisted of thousands of flags, each planted to remember someone who died of COVID-19.
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Record-keepers have a pretty good sense of how many people have died. But figuring out the cause of those deaths is a lot trickier – and that’s why reasonable modelers can disagree.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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