Here’s why it’s taken so long to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus and what we can expect next.
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Evidence-based tools for dialectical behaviour therapy can help us manage family stressors during the virulent respiratory virus season.
‘Tis the season… for coughs, colds and COVID, it seems. So what should you do if you find yourself with symptoms on Christmas Day?
When it comes to reducing the spread of COVID, ventilation is often an afterthought. But cleaner air needs to be front and centre of our COVID mitigation strategy. Here’s why.
As visits to emergency departments surge — and in some cases overwhelm hospitals — here are answers to frequently asked questions about Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
In 2020, with adult ICUs at risk of being overwhelmed, we wore masks and accepted restrictions. Now pediatric intensive care is at risk. Will leaders follow the evidence and tell us to mask up?
Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.
Flu and COVID-19 are expected to make headway during the current respiratory virus season. The best way to stay healthy is vaccination in conjunction with personal protective measures.
While a strong immune response is essential to fight against viral infection, an immune system that continues to stay active long after the virus has been cleared can lead to lung damage.
Chickenpox has largely disappeared from the public’s memory thanks to a highly effective vaccine. But the virus’s clever life cycle allows it to reappear in later adulthood in the form of shingles.
As international borders open, restrictions ease and we mingle with others, we can expect more germs to circulate.
We don’t yet know what this winter’s influenza season will bring. But here’s what we can expect from the 2021 crop of flu vaccines.
Five respiratory viruses everyone should know about.
Borders in southern Africa – as on the entire continent – were arbitrarily imposed by former colonial powers, and aren’t respected.
Some of the false claims about coronavirus may be harmless. But others can be potentially dangerous.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
With coronavirus continuing to spread, you may wonder: How do I know if I might have it? An infectious disease expert explains.
If you have a blocked or runny nose, chances are you’ll reach for a tissue or hanky for a good blow. But is your technique up to scratch?
Simple steps can lower your risk of bringing home traveller’s diarrhoea, respiratory infections and mosquito-borne diseases from your holiday.
The flu vaccine – which prevents one from getting influenza – changes every year, because it is based on the strains of the virus that presented in the previous year.
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
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Virologist, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand
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Honorary Fellow Nossal Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Physician, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, School of the Environment, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
