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How Australia's past pandemics shape our COVID-19 response
Tensions over border closures are in the news again, now states are gradually lifting travel restrictions to all except Victorians.
Jul 2, 2020
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Brazil during the 1918 flu epidemic
While the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu on the developed world has been extensively researched, a lot less is known about its health effects on the Global South.
Jun 11, 2020
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Lockdowns, second waves and burn outs: Spanish flu's clues about how coronavirus might play out in Australia
In a remarkable coincidence, the first media reports about Spanish flu and COVID-19 in Australia both occurred on January 25—exactly 101 years apart.
May 22, 2020
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More must be done to fight bogus COVID-19 cure claims
Fake and bogus cure claims are a longstanding, but neglected public health problem. Throughout recorded history, plagues have inspired anxiety and desperation. Time and again, this public nervousness has proved a fertile ...
May 18, 2020
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Passive immunization may slow down SARS-CoV-2, boost immunity in patients, buy time for vaccine
Using antibodies from recovered patients has been life-saving for other acute infections and should be explored in response to COVID-19, researchers say in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine.
May 12, 2020
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Fleas to flu to coronavirus: How 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships—deadly carriers of COVID-19—at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared.
May 11, 2020
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Hope for the infected: Body's response to COVID-19 could inform treatment options
Though no proven treatment for COVID-19 currently exists, UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison feels there's a good chance one will emerge. Morrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, ...
Apr 23, 2020
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How the Spanish flu affected Kenya—and its similarities to coronavirus
The 1918 influenza pandemic—called the "Spanish flu"—remains the most significant public health event ever recorded in human history. It's estimated that half a billion people were infected, and that between 20 million ...
Apr 22, 2020
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WHO head warns worst of virus is still ahead
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that "the worst is yet ahead of us" in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just as many countries are beginning to ease restrictive measures.
Apr 20, 2020
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6 lessons we can learn from past pandemics
With 1.4 million confirmed cases and 81,000 deaths worldwide as of this writing, the coronavirus pandemic has become a global tragedy unlike any in our lifetimes. But, as historians remind us, this is neither our first nor ...
Apr 10, 2020
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