The study known as a “controlled human infection model” has previously been controversial for Zika because of the risks to participants and lack of treatments.
As Victoria heads into the riskiest months for transmission,officials urging people in areas affected by the Buruli ulcer – including Melbourne’s inner-north – to avoid mosquito bites.
The past few days have been a reckoning for Pfizer,the pharma giant that gained most from the pandemic and has seen the biggest blow from its decline as demand for COVID shots and pills declined.
The Shingrix vaccine will be available for free from November 1 for all over 65s,First Nations people aged over 50 and immunocompromised people over 18.
Vaccinating 55 per cent of healthy people under 65 would provide greater protection to vulnerable people,a new report has found.
As we emerge from the darkest days of COVID-19,scientists are now turning their attention to what they have coined “Disease X” – an unknown,highly infectious virus that could cause the next pandemic.
A midnight email. A Friday-night webinar with a Canadian scientist. A conversation with NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant. In this edited extract of a new book on Australia’s COVID-19 responses,Age journalists pinpoint the intriguing events that helped save tens of thousands of lives in Australia.
The inquiry will not be a royal commission but is expected to have powers to call witnesses.
If you follow the world of tech billionaires,you’ll find a baffling mix of climate denial,COVID-19 vaccine denial and cryptocurrency cultism.
A freedom of information request has revealed that the Victorian health department wasn’t being transparent in some of its COVID-19 death reporting.
A new variant of COVID-19 is on the rise,and the bivalent booster offers better protection from it.