Will we have a COVID wave, spike or blip this Christmas? It depends where you live
As the holiday season approaches, COVID cases are rising again in Australia, particularly in Victoria and Tasmania.
Dec 14, 2024
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: COVID-19 vaccine booster shot
Medical news and research articles
Best time for COVID-19 booster depends on where you live, infection history
A one-size-fits-all approach for scheduling COVID-19 booster shots may not be the most effective, according to a new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and University of North Carolina at Charlotte ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Vaccinating care home residents reduced COVID deaths, but the effect was small, finds study
Vaccinating older people probably did avert some deaths in 2021, but the effects were small. And even those small effects on mortality seem to have dissipated during the booster program. That's the conclusion of our new study, ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Community leaders' training increases vaccine uptake
Training community leaders in Fiji to promote and educate others about the benefits of vaccines builds trust and could be key to eradicating preventable diseases, according to a new study.
Oct 10, 2024
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Long COVID cost the Australian economy about $9.6 billion in 2022: Study
Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Aug 19, 2024
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Prioritizing the elderly for COVID boosters reduces overall deaths in range of socio-economic settings, study finds
When COVID-19 booster vaccines are in short supply, prioritizing the elderly over other age groups for booster vaccination results in the lowest loss of life, reports Robin Thompson at the University of Oxford and colleagues, ...
Aug 8, 2024
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The summer COVID-19 surge is here: How to stay safe
The numbers at the Northeast Georgia Health System don't lie. The COVID-19 summer surge is here.
Jul 29, 2024
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How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our 'return to normal'
As the saying goes "There is no such thing as normal" and this has been especially true after the pandemic.
May 20, 2024
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Pandemic fatigue and vaccine hesitancy continue to affect global public health, new 23-country study finds
While it found that global uptake of at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose was robust, a new survey published in Nature Medicine revealed mixed signals about the current acceptance of vaccines generally, especially COVID-19 ...
Apr 29, 2024
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We're only using a fraction of health workers' skills—this needs to change
Roles of health professionals are still unfortunately often stuck in the past. That is, before the shift of education of nurses and other health professionals into universities in the 1980s. So many are still not working ...
Apr 23, 2024
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