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Remarkable achievements in research recognised with Academy awards
WHO launches CoViNet: a global network for coronaviruses
The emergence of JN.1 is an evolutionary ‘step change’ in the COVID pandemic. Why is this significant?
Preventing Airborne Infection without Impeding Communication with Ions and Electric Field
Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame inducts six new members
ATAGI Update on Covid Vaccination Program
NIH funds Cornell-led biomedical initiatives
Universal siRNA Covid treatment shows promise in lab
Enhancing capacities for respiratory disease surveillance in Africa: WHO GISRS conducts training for genetic characterization of influenza and SARS CoV-2
WHO commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of Dr Carlo Urbani
WHO provides on-site laboratory training at the National Influenza Centre in Ethiopia
Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t
TGA grants provisional approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 bivalent (COMIRNATY Original/Omicron BA.4-5 COVID-19 vaccine) booster dose vaccine
The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics
Batteryless and Wireless Device Detects Coronavirus with Magnetostrictive Composite Plates
New nasal vaccine strategy could improve Covid protection
ATAGI recommendations for booster dose of paediatric Pfizer Covid vaccine in children aged 5
Integrating SARS-CoV-2 and influenza surveillance in Timor-Leste
Lessons from pandemics past: Covid won’t be last
Qantas flights from Australia direct to Rome take off
Interim statement on decision-making considerations for use of variant updated Covid vaccines
ATAGI recommendations on first booster dose in adolescents aged 12
Girls have worse Covid mental health than boys
Brisbane scientists awarded US funding to help fight new viruses like COVID & Monkeypox
DLab Dialog Days 2022 discusses “Re-DESIGN our future society” through virtual symposium and workshop
Intentions to receive vaccines are associated with intensity of pandemic waves and toughness of anti-pandemic measures A “rising
In bid to address burnout, University of Toronto-led study examines nurses’ work environment during Covid
Air pollution linked to higher risk of Covid in young adults
TGA receives application for an increased dose of GlaxoSmithKline’s Covid treatment sotrovimab for BA.2 Omicron sublineage
New mathematical model predicts effectiveness of Covid vaccines
Top 3 Covid vaccine questions – Avoiding certain things before RAT, testing for kids, and variants picked up by tests
AMA awards Dr. Peter Hotez with Scientific Achievement Award
Statement on tenth meeting of International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding coronavirus disease pandemic
Rapid antigen testing – doing right thing
First point of attack: Understanding entry mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 into human cells
Rapid antigen testing can reduce spread of Covid if done right
South-East Asia: Influenza virus sharing in time of Covid
Effective networking among public health laboratories in South-East Asia
New tool predicts where coronavirus binds to human proteins
Preventing next pandemic: University of Toronto’s EPIC consortium
Top 3 Covid vaccine questions – Warmer climates, antiviral pill and benefits of vaccination
Winner of 2021’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation congratulated
Researchers lead effort to understand short- and long-term effects of Covid on patients, caregivers
‘If you want to see where future starts, it’s here’: Canada’s innovation minister tours University of Toronto
Grant will support work to improve PPE for health care workers
Covid vaccine pioneer awarded Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Researchers reveal strategy for next-generation Covid vaccines
Researchers reveal strategy for next-generation Covid v