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face mask

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...
COVID-19
6
minutes
child swimmer

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...
Health
4
minutes
sick person

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...
Health
5
minutes
Elderly senior citizen, dementia, aged care

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,...
Health
5
minutes
Vaccine rollout

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,...
Health
5
minutes
Melbourne CBD

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...
Health
4
minutes