Each year, different strains of influenza cause varying rates of illness throughout the community. So what strains are around this year and what kind of protection is offered by seasonal influenza vaccines…
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A new flu detection test promises the ability to be carried in a first-aid kit and to be used with the ease of an iPhone…
Influenza is never off the news agenda for long. If it’s not the flu season (and it always is in one hemisphere) and the attendant calls for vaccinations, it’s news about vaccines causing problems or new…
Influenza is never off the news agenda for long. If it’s not the flu season (and it always is in one hemisphere) and the attendant calls for vaccinations, it’s news about vaccines causing problems or new…
A paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia today provides a possible reason for CSL’s 2010 flu vaccine causing febrile convulsions in children. The authors hypothesise that suboptimal use of…
Flu outbreaks in nursing homes can lead to pneumonia, stroke and heart attacks among elderly residents. Staff are a major potential source of infection, but only around one in five get an annual flu shot…
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Professor (Adjunct) in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor and Head of Clinical Research, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Richard Gunderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
