Authorities have issued warnings for people in parts of Western Australia to avoid mosquito bites after Murray Valley encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes. Here’s what you need to know.
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This summer is expected to be dry and hot. Here’s what that means for the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.
Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in south-eastern Australia. No human cases have yet been reported, but past outbreaks after floods show we need to be cautious.
Could climate change cause mosquito-borne diseases to spread? While this an extremely important health question, the answer is far from simple.
The federal government’s recent White Paper on developing northern Australia has disturbing echoes of the 1890s, a time when unbridled capitalism and indentured labour developed the North.
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Janet Dora Hine Professor, University of Sydney
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Epidemiology and One Health, University of Sydney
