Disease

Environment

How to help sick or injured wildlife this summer

Reporting animals in trouble can make a huge difference to our understanding of wildlife health and disease patterns

Health & Medicine

Why antibiotics give you thrush and other microbiome mishaps

Antibiotics cause an imbalance between fungi and bacteria in our microbiome. New ways of understanding this imbalance can help protect against serious disease

Sciences & Technology

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Are you a mosquito magnet? Here’s why and what you can do about it

Some people just seem to attract mosquitoes, but what’s the science behind it? Beer might have something to do with it

Sciences & Technology

Scientists and government agencies are targeting mosquitoes with bacteria

The Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from spreading dengue fever – and now a new strain is protecting people in Malaysia

Health & Medicine

A new monitoring tool is making vaccine rollouts safer

Researchers are using large datasets to investigate rare vaccine side effects and respond to community concerns faster

Sciences & Technology

The breeding trap targeting Melbourne’s growing mozzie problem

A mosquito trap that could significantly reduce egg numbers may be the answer to controlling mosquito-borne diseases – like the Buruli ulcer – in Victoria

Sciences & Technology

Everyone has a part to play in food safety

This WHO World Food Safety Day reminds us that everyone is susceptible to food-borne disease, but we can all help prevent illness with a few simple steps

Business & Economics

The business leaders ‘hiding’ chronic illness

After COVID, the impact of long-term health conditions is being felt across the workforce. But managers are keeping their illnesses a secret over career concerns

Sciences & Technology

Captive breeding to prevent extinction

New research into the embryo health of captive bred Southern Corroboree frogs may help their survival and guide conservation efforts

Sciences & Technology

The treatments keeping landmine detection dogs in the field

New research identifies the best treatments to protect Cambodia’s crucial landmine detection dogs from deadly tick-borne diseases