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    • 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

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    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

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