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Many people with disability – who are at increased risk of illness and death from COVID – continue to isolate at home to avoid infection and are effectively shut out of society.
Rapid tests can be an incredibly useful tool for early detection of COVID-19. Unfortunately, they sometimes leave people with more questions than answers.
A small number of case reports indicate some people who have had dermal filler injections can experience swelling and discomfort after COVID infection or vaccination.
Commonwealth Bank data shows the Australians who withdrew super spent more, but paid down their debt.
A redesigned furlough scheme could support people and businesses during the recession without burdening future taxpayers.
Isolation will no longer be mandatory when you have COVID, but you should still test for it and stay home if you’re positive. Here’s why.
A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown
If post-secondary institutions want to continue to play a key role in innovation and entrepreneurship, they must transform for the better.
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
People are strongly urged to get a flu shot and a COVID booster shot ahead of the potential ‘twindemic’ expected this winter.
A lot of federal money is now available for making school buildings healthier. Two environmental health experts explain how school districts can best use it.
Lone gunman incidents have been very rare in Thailand’s history.
Danielle Smith’s win in the UCP leadership race follows the populist playbook. Will her time in office be a brief interlude, or the start of a significant challenge to national unity?
This wave is different from previous COVID waves, in that it’s not driven by a new variant.
Amid a number of major crises, the world clearly needs radical change. But what will it look like? The desire to return to pre-pandemic ‘normal’ is powerful, but ‘normal’ is what got us where we are today.
A recent study tracked depression and anxiety among participants from across different ethnic backgrounds in the US and the UK.
If governments fail to take action, the cost of living crisis will worsen the impact of the pandemic this winter, and vice versa.
An unfunded expansion of the social transfer system could lead to even worse economic outcomes — the medicine should not be worse than the disease.
The comic offers important ways of criticising those in power. Trevor Noah is superb at it.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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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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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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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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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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