Infectious diseases
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How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our ‘return to normal’
A new model can simulate thousands of ‘individuals’ – each with their own vaccination and infection histories – tailoring vaccine schedules as new COVID-19 variants emerge
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Is ‘herd immunity’ in intensive care doing more harm than good?
New research suggests an antibiotic treatment commonly used in Intensive Care Units is putting patients at risk by creating ‘herd peril’
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A new way to manage antibiotic allergies in Australia
Two million Australians self-report an allergy to penicillin – but most actually aren’t allergic – and this can lead to serious public health consequences
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Ending the global tuberculosis epidemic
TB occurs in every part of the world and remains a major public health challenge that we can end through concerted action
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Bird flu, human cases and the risk to Australia
Avian flu is continuing to spread throughout the world, infecting some mammals as it goes – but what’s the risk to Australia?
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Into the wild to fight antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is part of the chemical warfare bacteria wage in nature, and that’s where researchers now looking for new clues to overcome it
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Cannibal immune cells could offer new treatment path
Researchers discover that a type of immune cell can cannibalise the properties of other cells, creating the potential for harnessing them for new therapies and vaccines
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Killing the malaria parasite by blocking its recycling system
An international collaboration has developed a new drug candidate that stops the malaria parasite from breaking down waste, resulting in fatal ‘molecular constipation’ and hope for new treatments
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Starving the bacterium that causes pneumonia
By targeting an essential nutrition pathway, researchers hope to develop drug targets against the bacterium that causes pneumonia
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What chickens can tell us about living with COVID-19
The poultry industry has been living with an avian coronavirus since the 1930s, and what we know about that virus can tell us a lot about how to tackle SARS-CoV-2 and future human coronaviruses