Professor Benjamin Howden

Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory; Medical Director, Doherty Applied Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital; Infectious Diseases Physician, Austin Health Melbourne

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Q&A

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

The latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, has sparked international travel bans, stricter quarantine and a lot of “hype” worldwide – but we still have a lot to learn about the mutation

Health & Medicine

The rise of the latest drug resistant superbug

In parts of Europe, some strains of the latest superbug are already resistant to all known antibiotics – but researchers don’t yet know how it is spreading internationally