Any approach to controlling an infectious disease has one of three broad aims: suppressing, eliminating or eradicating it. The UK's strategy so far has seemed to focus on suppressing the virus, trying to limit its spread, ...
Jul 29, 2020
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Psychological fatigue with social distancing is emerging as a major challenge for curbing a pandemic now into its eight month. That's especially so among young adults who are less fearful of the coronavirus, and suffer greater ...
Jul 27, 2020
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As a second COVID-19 lockdown looms in New South Wales, there is much discussion about the economic costs of doing so.
Jul 17, 2020
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Australia has fared better than most countries in reducing its COVID-19 cases to very low numbers. However, on June 15, new clusters of infection were identified in Victoria. The numbers grew so rapidly that metropolitan ...
Jul 14, 2020
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A new study from the University of Georgia finds that users of public insurance are paying more for bariatric weight loss surgery compared to private insurance patients.
Jul 13, 2020
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Strategies for the safe reopening of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from months of strict social distancing in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic must recognize that preserving people's health is as important ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Millions of people in Australia's second-biggest city went into lockdown on Thursday to battle another coronavirus outbreak, as the number of infections worldwide surged past 12 million.
Jul 9, 2020
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The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine are among the most influential scientific journals in the world. Both have recently had to retract studies on the effectiveness of COVID-19 treatments after doubts were raised ...
Jun 18, 2020
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More than 70,000 people have died from coronavirus in Latin America as the pandemic sweeps through the region, putting growing pressure on an already stretched healthcare system.
Jun 11, 2020
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From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn't whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when—and how badly.
May 6, 2020
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