Latest infectious disease News

UQ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
HMPV in China: what you need to know about this virus
Computer models are vital for studying everything from climate change to disease – here’s how AI could make them even better
WHO launches new collaborating centre to advance research on public health and social measures during health emergencies
Researchers lead groundbreaking initiatives with NHMRC funding
Pneumococcal outbreak worst in 20 years – Rollout of new generation vaccines must begin now
Almost $6 million to support Australian participation in international collaborative research
Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a public health nurse explains the science behind the season
Crisafulli Government launches Part 9 Investigation into Virology Laboratory breach 
Machine learning tool to boost vaccination rates in Perth children
Cornell awarded NIH National Center on Climate Change and Health grant
WA Health Warns On Whooping Cough As Cases Rise
Updated Leptospirosis Guidance Now Available
Road To HIV Elimination
Avian Influenza: What Is It, And How Can You Help?
Amendments & changes successfully achieved during Aged Care Act Consultations
Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast
Study identifies “Achilles heel” of drug-resistant pathogens
Cornell Tech’s Economic Impact On NYC To Double By 2030
Better health taking flight for rural and regional Tasmanians
Glioblastoma: why immunotherapy may offer hope for brain cancer patients
First Site Initiated in Australia for MannKind’s Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Clofazimine Inhalation Suspension for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Disease
Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer
COVID-19 Response Inquiry’s focus on solutions like a Centre for Disease Control – not blame – is right approach: Public Health peak
Major new programme to support a fifth of southern Malawi’s population to tackle climate-induced health risks
Grants From SSMF To 21 KI Researchers
Urgent and equitable action needed to prevent mpox becoming the next pandemic
AMA President’s Update
Lachnospiraceae Could Be Key to Successful Fecal Transplants
Three Baylor College of Medicine faculty earn NIH Innovator Awards
PHAA thanks Professor Paul Kelly, outgoing Chief Medical Officer, for his commitment to public health
Research backs RACGP calls for ‘living’ long COVID guidelines
Distinguished Oncologist, Professor Daniel Von Hoff joins the Scientific/Clinical Advisory Board of EnGeneIC Cancer Therapeutics
Did COVID come from an animal market? Here’s what the new evidence really tells us
Preparedness in intensive care – and the need for prioritisation
Antibacterial discovery: how scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them
31 Organisations Call On All UN Member States To Take Urgent Steps To Protect People Deprived Of Their Liberty Across Occupied Palestinian…
Diagnostic tool identifies puzzling inflammatory diseases in kids
WHO launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens
Preparing for a pandemic that never came ended up setting off another − how an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu’
Minister For Health And Aged Care, Speech 14 August
Research reveals the gaps in Australia’s pre-COVID quarantine planning
PolyU researchers invent intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic thermal adaptation in extreme heat
Putting Sting On Mozzies
WA immunisation program protects 20,000 children from RSV
GAZA: Nearly 300 days into the war, attacks on ‘humanitarian zones’, never-ending relocation orders and aid worker fatalities cripple aid delivery
Transformative $9.87m project to improve indoor air quality in Victoria 
NEW RESEARCH PROTECTING VICTORIANS FROM POOR AIR QUALITY