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5 days ago

What Is Monkeypox and How Can We Prevent the Spread?

C Raina MacIntyre

Two cases of monkeypox have been detected in Australia, following reported cases in several European countries. Both are in men…

How Bad Are My Symptoms Likely to Be if I Catch COVID For a Second Time?

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6 days ago

How Bad Are My Symptoms Likely to Be if I Catch COVID For a Second Time?

Lara Herrero

Why You’re More Likely to Experience Vaccine Side Effects If You Anticipate Them

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4 weeks ago

Why You’re More Likely to Experience Vaccine Side Effects If You Anticipate Them

Hamish Wilson

Do I Need a Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine?

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3 months ago

Do I Need a Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine?

Lara Herrero, Griffith University and Penny Rudd, Griffith University

Last week we heard two Australians had died from the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus. The virus has now been detected…

What Is Japanese Encephalitis Virus and How Can You Avoid It?

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3 months ago

What Is Japanese Encephalitis Virus and How Can You Avoid It?

Cameron Webb, Andrew van den Hurk and Dominic Dwyer

How Backyard Mozzie Bites Can Get You Sick and What You Can Do About It

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6 months ago

How Backyard Mozzie Bites Can Get You Sick and What You Can Do About It

Cameron Webb, University of Sydney and Andrew Francis van den Hurk, The University of Queensland

Why You Need to Stop Assuming We’ll All Get COVID

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8 months ago

Why You Need to Stop Assuming We’ll All Get COVID

Beth Skwarecki

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When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, in late 2019 and early 2020, there was a thought that maybe we could…

Where Do COVID Variants Come From, Anyway?

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9 months ago

Where Do COVID Variants Come From, Anyway?

Beth Skwarecki

The Difference Between Delta, Delta Plus, and Lambda

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10 months ago

The Difference Between Delta, Delta Plus, and Lambda

Beth Skwarecki

Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About COVID-19 Escaping From a Lab?

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12 months ago

Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About COVID-19 Escaping From a Lab?

Beth Skwarecki

There’s been a pretty broad consensus among scientists who study viruses that the one that causes COVID-19 arose naturally and…

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