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Brings together all of Pursuit's coverage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

  1. 15 December 2021 – Australia, Doctors, Education, Medical Education, Medicine

    Training our doctors for the future

    Our future doctors must intelligently access and use the knowledge available to them – including learnings from COVID-19 says a University of Melbourne expert.

  2. 8 December 2021 – Australia, COVID-19, Employment, Flexible Working, Regional Development

    How Australia’s internal migrants could benefit our regions

    Regional Australia can benefit from ‘tree and sea changers’, but University of Melbourne experts say we need to understand their motivations and skills.

  3. 1 December 2021 – COVID-19, Cultural Studies, History, Noise Pollution, Senses

    Our sensory experience of the pandemic

    COVID-19 transformed people's sensory environment and researchers at University of Melbourne and Anglia Ruskin University are tracking people's experiences

  4. 30 November 2021 – COVID-19, Coronavirus, Doherty Institute, Genomics, Virology

    Q&A: What we do (and don’t) know about Omicron

    COVID-19 variant Omicron has caused “hype” globally but there's still much to learn about the mutation say University of Melbourne and Doherty Institute experts

  5. 25 November 2021 – COVID-19, Global Health, Healthcare, Human rights, Prison

    Prisons are communities too

    COVID-19 has exposed the urgent need to reform incarceration systems globally to end overcrowding and improve health care, say University of Melbourne experts

  6. 18 November 2021 – COVID-19, Healthcare, India, Palliative Care, Public Health

    Indian and Australian health workers reach out on COVID-19

    Training for health workers in India is supporting patients and families and broadening understanding of palliative care, says University of Melbourne expert.

  7. 15 November 2021 – COVID-19, Democracy, Government, Law, Parliament

    The need for more parliament in Victoria’s Pandemic Bill

    Victoria’s proposed Pandemic Management Bill gives too much power to government and not enough to parliament, say University of Melbourne experts

  8. 20 October 2021 – COVID-19, Families, Intergenerational disadvantage, Poverty, Social Welfare

    Ensuring families aren’t left behind in the recovery

    Economic recovery from COVID-19 needs to include better support for financially stressed families with young children, says University of Melbourne expert.

  9. 15 October 2021 – COVID-19, Child Health, Child Psychology, Lockdown, Mental Health

    Looking out for our kids through lockdowns

    How to build resilience in children and families during lockdowns and lookout for those not coping? A University of Melbourne-led panel share their expertise

  10. 5 October 2021 – COVID-19, Coronavirus, Lockdown, Pandemic, Vaccination

    NSW should be ‘okay’ opening up

    New University of Melbourne modelling suggests that NSW – as well Victoria and ACT – will be ‘okay’ at 70 to 80 per cent double vaccinated to open up.