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Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your...
By Leyla Asadi, University of Alberta; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Lisa M Brosseau, University of Minnesota, and Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford
With the rapid...
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When is the right time for children to learn to swim?
By Amy Peden, UNSW
Each year in Australia, an average of 23 children under five die from unintentional drowning, usually due to factors such as...
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I’ve tested positive for COVID. What should I do now?
By Natasha Yates, Bond University
For two years, COVID has dominated our world. In Australia, we’ve tested every sniffle, undergone extensive lockdowns, and double-vaccinated more...
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How to support a person with dementia as lockdowns ease
By Lee-Fay Low, University of Sydney
Lockdowns lasting months in some states have seen tight restrictions on visitors to nursing homes. So as lockdowns ease,...
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Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give...
By Christopher Baker, The University of Melbourne and Andrew Robinson, The University of Melbourne
As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT,...
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As Melbourne cautiously opens up today, what lies ahead?
By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute and Mark Stoové, Burnet Institute
This morning, Melburnians are waking up to the end of the city’s sixth lockdown.
Since March...
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