New research finds the COVID pandemic has disproportionately affected the mental health and financial circumstances of adults with long-term mental health problems.
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Certain immune cells acquired from a coronavirus that causes the common cold appear to react to COVID – but more so in children that adults.
The pandemic spurred the diagnostics industry to consider aspects like scale, affordability, speed and portability of tests.
The world has mentally moved on from the pandemic, but the ramifications are still widespread. And there’s a lot we can learn.
Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
Evidence is mounting for links to animals at the Wuhan wet market. But we’ve wasted a lot of time and energy getting here.
Albertans struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Alberta Viewpoint Survey shows there’s a fragile optimism about the future as a provincial election approaches.
New reports suggest the pandemic’s origins may be linked to raccoon dogs sold at Wuhan’s Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market. A virologist explains.
Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
The five Iranian teenagers were arrested and forced to apologise – but the dance challenge continues to go viral.
Air pollution can increase COVID risk by weakening our immune defences and exacerbating underlying health conditions.
Workers in Australia didn’t resign from their jobs in the wake of COVID, but they did burn out. A new survey found some solutions.
Her passing shocked the nation and drew praise for her unique vocal powers and musical mentorship.
A sobering picture emerges from a study testing social scientists’ ability to predict societal change during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of classes.
Being pregnant and giving birth during the pandemic meant disruptions in pregnancy care and birth experiences, as well as detrimental effects on mental health and birth outcomes.
It’s likely a combination of the incidence of viral outbreaks increasing, and the fact we’re getting better at detecting them.
The collapse of a US bank is the latest crisis for central banks to deal with. But rather than being saviours of the global economy, what if they are actually a big part of the problem?
Decreased patience and heightened emotions have created a cycle of frustration, with rude customers having abrupt interactions with stressed out service workers.
Parsing the risk of myocarditis from viral infection versus vaccination is challenging, and researchers are intensely studying the various factors that are at play.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Reader in Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
