Air transportation unquestionably spreads disease. Should airlines be more proactive by requiring proof of vaccination? Two experts reflect on the current and former crises.
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The tremendous costs of COVID-19 show why the world needs to do a better job preventing epidemics from occurring – or at least mitigate the impact.
Quarantine measures on the Diamond Princess cruise ship weren’t effective, suggests new data. So Australian passengers without symptoms are going into quarantine again.
The current outbreak of COVID-19 underscores the need to study urban growth to understand the spread and control of future epidemics.
Poor communication and misinformation is yet another way an epidemic can cause harm. So it’s important health authorities get their messaging right.
Misinformation spreads fast when people are afraid and a contagious and potentially fatal disease is frightening. This provides the ideal emotionally charged context for rumours to thrive.
Americans tend to work even when they’re sick, in part because of a lack of paid sick leave.
People panic-buying face masks to protect themselves from coronavirus risk running down stocks should we really need them.
Social media has allowed researchers around the world to collaborate and co-ordinate their efforts to fight the outbreak and contain its spread.
Airport public health officials have got better at screening at ports of entry especially for international arrivals.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it will use lessons from the Ebola outbreak to strengthen its risk communications capacity.
Genetic analysis indicates novel coronavirus from Wuhan has a 89% similarity to the SARS virus, a relative of the SARS bat virus. However this does not mean nCoV comes from bats.
Chinese scientists sequence coronavirus causing pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan. And it’s never been seen before.
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
The emergency in the DRC shows that despite all these positive changes, the global response to containing Ebola outbreaks is undermined by the lack of health care and public health infrastructure.
Even when cases of measles are detected in clinics, limited diagnostic and communication infrastructure can delay the response.
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients to consider another culprit: fungi.
Epidemics can have massive social ramifications where prohibitions are imposed on travel, socio-cultural events and schooling.
A woman recently died from Legionnaires’ disease at an Atlanta hotel. Why? The cause is known and the disease is largely preventable. Yet the number of cases in the US continue to rise.
A review of research on both the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, found less than 1% of published research discussed gender issues.
Top contributors
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Public Health, University of Nottingham
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Federation University Australia
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
