Six years after Italy became Europe’s COVID-19 ground-zero, successful action led by a victims’ association against health governance failings sets an encouraging precedent.
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A vaccine designed entirely by AI has been tested in people for the first time.
Scientists are learning to spot pandemic threats without touching dangerous pathogens.
A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.
The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer the health threat it was. Here’s what the latest wave means and who should get boosted.
Analysis of mortality data spanning 450 regions in Europe is categorical: longevity across the continent is a two-tier affair.
LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.
Healthcare has not caught up with the disruption caused by the pandemic.
The COVID pandemic is ongoing, but scientists are on alert for any pathogen that might lead to another global outbreak of disease.
The only vaccination against TB is more than 100 years old. Gene-editing has made it more effective.
In a human ‘challenge trial’ we deliberately infected volunteers with COVID to get the answer.
A previous review suggested that masks don’t work. We can assure you – they do.
A new type of vaccine using nanotechnology protects against a range of coronaviruses – in mice.
On the fourth anniversary of the pandemic, a public health researcher offers four principles for a healthier future.
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
The mysterious case of the OC43 coronavirus pandemic.
Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.
Australia needed a federal government-inquiry into the management of the pandemic. Albanese recognised this and before the election he indicated Labor would have one. But he was vague about its form.
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