Epidemics

Dr Amanda Rojek was on the frontline of the Ebola epidemic. Back in Australia she is drawing on those lessons in the COVID-19 pandemic

Creating mathematical and computational models of infectious diseases like pandemic flu gives government and policy-makers a toolkit to respond to this ever-present threat

Warnings tell us the next global pandemic is a case of not ‘if’, but ‘when’. So, hypothetically, how is the world preparing itself?

New software based on statistical probability principles is helping forecast our flu season, and could also identify the level of threat of a bioterrorist attack

The movie Breathe reminds us of the days when polio indiscriminately cut down the fit and healthy, so what was it like in Australia for those who contracted the disease?

Viral hepatitis is a hidden epidemic with significant public health consequences

Using new technologies to trace the origins of ancient pandemics, and developing systems to help us with future ones