Protection from infection wanes over time. So boosters will offer extra protection and hopefully reduce the spread of the virus even further.
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A recent survey reveals only limited employee support for workplace vaccine mandates, underlining how challenging the policy will be for lawmakers and employers.
Who gets scarce life-saving resources when hospitals are overwhelmed? And how are these decisions made? State and territory governments are yet to answer these difficult questions.
We surveyed Albertans, and while most were vaccinated, we found certain groups were less likely to be vaccinated than others. Those being people facing economic hardship and political affiliation.
Satellite imagery can help to get data in fragile, crisis-affected situations.
Ivermectin is vital for controlling a number of neglected tropical diseases, but mixed messaging and reported side-effects from its misuse against COVID could turn patients off it.
A recent survey finds that the pandemic made it harder for many US households to put food on the table. It also changed the ways in which people buy and store food.
UV lights come in a variety of different wavelengths, but not all are equally effective at disinfection. Researchers tested a number of commercially available lights to find the best.
Countries like the United States, Denmark, Germany, Spain and Switzerland have already vaccinated many millions of adolescents and their experience will guide countries that follow suit.
A cross-party, parliamentary oversight committee would ensure the government’s wide powers are exercised in an accountable way.
The world needs robust supply chains that are founded on sustainability, collaboration, trust, transparency, visibility and diversification of supply.
This new sub-variant of the delta has gained a foothold in the UK.
There have been many barriers for Aboriginal communities to access the vaccine during the pandemic. Despite this, communities are taking the lead in ensuring everyone gets vaccinated.
Keeping mentally, physically and socially active helps people with dementia maintain their brain and thinking. But in lockdown, when people with dementia did less, this can lead to a decline.
We shouldn’t aim to let infections run wild. We should aim to ensure most Australians never encounter the virus at all, or if they do, to not be infected by it.
If you catch COVID-19 at work in Australia, you do have rights to leave and compensation, depending on your employment status
The decisions of medical health-care professionals like doctors and nurse practitioners are more legally significant than ever before since they are determining vaccination exemptions.
Was participating in ceremony despite pandemic restrictions an act of Indigenous resistance and resurgence and did it reflect reassertion of nationhood and self-determination?
As boosters are authorized for all three COVID-19 shots available in the US, the ability to swap out vaccine types looks to be a boon to the immune system.
Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Director, Health and Aged Care Program, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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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, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Reader in Bioethics and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth
