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Could a simple pill beat COVID-19? Pfizer is giving it a go
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While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialling a pill to treat COVID-19.
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What’s the ‘Indian’ variant responsible for Victoria’s outbreak and how effective are vaccines against it?
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Victoria’s seven day lockdown, which begins tonight, is an attempt to stop transmission of the quick-spreading COVID-19 B.1.617.1 variant.
Victoria’s chief health officer Brett...
What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains
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Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, through...
4 ways Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has been bungled
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Australia’s vaccine rollout has so far been overhyped and under-delivered.
The first announcement, in August last year — that Australia had negotiated vaccine deals —...
Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine when the UK has just approved Pfizer’s?
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The news that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has gained emergency approval in the United Kingdom and may be distributed to selected high-risk groups as early...
Moderna’s COVID vaccine reports 95% efficacy. It means we might have multiple successful vaccines
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American biotech firm Moderna has released early results from its phase 3 clinical trials, announcing in a press release on Monday (US time)...