More deaths as cold creeps into Australian homes Community & Social Housing advocates warn that the poor thermal performance of homes in South Australia is associated with more than 600 deaths each year.
Mutations of COVID Mu variant could be more resistant to vaccines September 10, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Monash University Malaysia has highlighted how the mutations of new COVID-19 variant Mu may mean people who are vaccinated are not as protected compared with other strains.
COVID death toll reaches 4 million worldwide July 8, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The official toll indicates that three times the annual number of car accident victims worldwide have perished from COVID-19.
Modelling plots the start of pandemic to November, 2019 June 28, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Earliest cases of COVID-19 likely cropped up in October to mid November of 2019, according to new research from the UK.
Uniting against authoritarianism: a blueprint for the Quad March 2, 2021 By John Garrick and Yan Bennett Editors' Picks A re-energised Quadrilateral Security Dialogue linking the US, Japan, India and Australia needs to prepare itself to face serious global tensions in this year and beyond.
I was the Australian doctor on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found about the origins of the coronavirus February 23, 2021 By Dominic Dwyer Editors' Picks We talked to our Chinese counterparts — scientists, epidemiologists, doctors — over the four weeks the WHO mission was in China. We were in meetings with them for up to 15 hours a day.
Solidarity no more. Vaccine nationalism separates the world’s haves from have-nots February 5, 2021 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks Rich countries have way more COVID-19 vaccine doses than they need as poor countries scramble to secure enough.
COVID-19 review: Aus government welcomes WHO appointment July 13, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark and ex Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead the World Health Organisation’s review into the international COVID-19 response.
How is the World Health Organization funded? April 16, 2020 By Josephine Moulds Health US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The research that can help plan for different COVID-19 scenarios April 2, 2020 By Barrie Wilkinson Helen Leis Health The pace of the COVID-19 contagion poses an important question for policy-makers, businesses and medical practitioners who are trying to anticipate the number of cases that will be coming through hospital doors in the coming weeks.
Why are there so few coronavirus cases in Russia and Africa? March 19, 2020 By Jeremy Rossman Editors' Picks Are the low case numbers due to the virus not reaching or establishing infections, is it due to effective border control, or does it reflect a lack of screening and reporting?
