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It can be difficult to an appointment to see your GP. So when should you make the effort to see a GP for a prescription for influenza antivirals? And how effective are they?
Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.
Even during periods of restricted sleep, people who report good sleep quality are three times less likely to get a respiratory infection.
While a strong immune response is essential to fight against viral infection, an immune system that continues to stay active long after the virus has been cleared can lead to lung damage.
Decreases in respiratory infections during the pandemic suggest there may be a continued role for the selective, non-mandated use of measures like masks and social distancing even post-COVID-19.
Infections diagnosed in a hospital between ages 11 and 19 are associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.
Resistant bacteria aren’t the only risk posed by overprescribing antibiotics. A more immediate risk is side-effects and reactions, which a new review shows are surprisingly frequent and often severe.
With all the attention focussed on combating the spread of COVID-19 it’s easy to forget the other health challenges that could affect us all.
Although it can sometimes be challenging, there are ways to distinguish respiratory symptoms caused by a virus and those caused by an allergy.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures suggest there have been more than 800 ‘excess deaths’ in Australia in January-March 2020, relative to the average, but only 103 confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far.
Scientists do not yet know the severity of the current coronavirus. A biologist who worked on the 2009 flu pandemic offers insights on that outbreak as well as the SARS outbreak.
A drug called palivizumab can keep babies infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) out of the hospital, but many Inuit babies, who have a higher risk of infection, are not getting it.
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Professor and parasite researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Zoology, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco
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Professor, Applied Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Family Medicine, University of Calgary
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Research Officer, Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor Pediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Chair Indigenous Health Conference, North American Refugee Health Conference, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Research Assistant at Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary
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Honorary Professor, Epidemiology, UCL
