From FLIRT to FLuQE
COVID has mutated once again, with a new variant, KP.3 or FLuQE, overtaking KP.2 (FLIRT) as the dominant...
COVID
‘Please explain’ for vaccine death claims
Researchers behind a study that claimed COVID vaccines might have played a bigger role in pandemic deaths than first expected have been asked to review their findings. Read More...
COVID vax still works, but less so
COVID vaccines being used in Australia are still effective, especially against hospitalisation and death, but less so since new variants came through, according to US research. Read More...
No more chasing viral strains
US scientists have found a RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even in babies or the immunocompromised. Read More...
Aussie researchers target COVID risk
With the pandemic over according to public opinion -- despite the rise in Australian cases thanks to the new omicron variant JN1 which touched down in October last year -- COVID innovations have largely been relegated to the back pages of the news. Read More...
COVID third biggest killer
COVID was the third leading cause of death in Australia last year, Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows. Read More...
COVID containment: masking and isolation revisited
With a potential eighth wave of the pandemic sweeping across Australia, an analysis of US data from the pandemic has reiterated that observational studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of masks in preventing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on airplanes, in schools, and among household and community contacts of individuals with COVID. Read More...
First taste of COVID
“Don’t worry about it mate, it’s just a cold,” seems to be the most common advice that I hear from people when it comes to COVID, but as a family who managed to avoid catching it throughout the height of the pandemic, encountering the virus at the tail end of 2023 was an experience with all the symptomatic hallmarks of the first waves to cross our shores. Read More...