In a world first, researchers are harnessing data science to describe and predict when resistance to antibiotics will emerge during treatment for a bacterial infection.
Fifteen years of patient data has revealed an important link between hospital-acquired infections and seizure and epilepsy onset.
The TGA has just approved a vaccine against RSV for Australians over 60. Here’s where protection is up to for the youngest children, who are also at risk from the virus.
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
Could a combination of phage therapy and antibiotics be the key to unlocking the antimicrobial-resistant superbug crisis?
A lot has changed in COVID treatment since the pandemic began. Here are the treatments you can expect — from being diagnosed, to going to hospital, and for those who need to be cared for in ICU.
For this year's International Women’s Day, we celebrate Monash Education's leading women researchers, highlighting the challenges they faced in reaching the top of their fields.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
Most people diagnosed with COVID-19 can manage their illness at home, but some patients deteriorate after about five days. Fortunately, Australian doctors have up-to-the-minute treatment guidelines.
Research into snake venom pivoted from Alzheimer's disease to COVID-19 when the coronavirus reared its head.
Researchers have repurposed existing tools to make a COVID-19 immunity test breakthrough.
Critically ill patients from intensive care units are part of a global trial testing a suite of flu and pneumonia drugs in a bid to combat COVID-19.
... among other things lung damage, pneumonia and multi-organ failure, or sepsis.
Coronavirus infections are growing and crossing geographic borders, but what are they, and should we be worried?
Combating a virus that can cause disease and life-threatening transplant complications is the focus of Eureka Prize-winning research.
A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.
Associate Professor John Boyce is part of an international team about to begin a new five-year investigation into the superbug, its antibiotic-resistance mechanisms, and also novel (new) treatments for infection.
Two free flu vaccines will improve protection for older people, but like those already available, they're not perfect.
Stronger Australia-China bilateral ties are in our best interests, particularly when it comes to the tourism industry.
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