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Cat | Rotiv Artic:Unsplash

Cats carry diseases that can be deadly to humans, and it’s...

By Sarah Legge, Australian National University; Chris Dickman, University of Sydney; Jaana Dielenberg, The University of Queensland; John Read; John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University;...
Health
7
minutes
Aged care | Image by Sabine van Erp from Pixabay

Federal government did not prepare aged care sector adequately for COVID:...

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The royal commission into aged care has said government did not prepare the sector well enough for the pandemic. In...
Health
3
minutes
Milk and milk substitutes | Photo: Shutterstock

Soy, oat, almond, rice, coconut, dairy: which ‘milk’ is best for...

By Leah Dowling, Swinburne University of Technology A trip to the supermarket presents shoppers with an overwhelming number of milk choices. And far from just...
Health
6
minutes
Discovering a vaccine | Photo Shutterstock

COVID-19 isn’t the only infectious disease scientists are trying to find...

By Danielle Stanisic, Griffith University and Johnson Mak, Griffith University More than 28 million people around the world have now contracted COVID-19, and more than...
COVID-19
4
minutes
Melbourne lockdown | Photo by SGC on Unsplash

The modelling behind Melbourne’s extended city-wide lockdown is problematic

By Joshua Gans, University of Toronto I totally support the goal of eliminating the coronavirus from Victoria and at the same time hopefully eliminating it...
COVID-19
7
minutes
Social bubble | Image from Shutterstock

What is the COVID ‘bubble’ concept, and could it work in...

By Mary-Louise McLaws, UNSW The concept of a COVID-19 “germ bubble” refers to close contacts with whom we don’t practise mask use or keep physical...
Health
4
minutes