XBB. 1.5 and other subvariants do signal a change in how the virus is mutating. Here’s what this means for Australia and globally.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
A new book based on the world’s largest multi-professional study of its kind relates the distressing experiences of Australian healthcare workers amid the pandemic.
Just because we’re in a period of social change doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum on sustainability. There are six things we can do right now to offset our daily waste from disposable masks.
The new variant of interest, detected in 42 countries, possesses a “constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape”.
While data to the end of January 2021 shows suicide didn’t increase in COVID-stricken Victoria, there’s still deep concern about the longer-term effects of the pandemic on mental health.
We have the means, but how do you convince people to follow public health advice such as lockdowns?
The lack of investment in the development and deployment of decentralised diagnostic devices in Australia, most importantly a COVID-19 nucleic acid test, is a public policy failure.
How do we measure if people are following the health orders, and whether they’re having any effect?
The decision to enact a lockdown is understandable, if disappointing, to Victorians, given the increasing COVID cases, contacts, and the virus’ “variant of concern”.
The successful uptake of Australia’s COVID program hinges on tailored communication campaigns that appeal to all sectors of the community.
Australia has just embarked on a mass vaccination campaign, but historic measures will remain an important community safeguard.
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