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Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately

      What not to do: ban travel. Scenes at South Africa’s OR Tambo International airport after the first flight bans were announced. Phill Magakoe...

Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed mixing and helped suppress COVID

  Picture: Shutterstock Unthinkable in 2019, lockdowns have been a key public health measure to reduce the impact of COVID in Australia. However, lockdowns take...

Chief health officers are in the spotlight like never before. Here’s what goes on behind the scenes

  Joel Carrett/AAP Image Until COVID-19, few people knew anything about Australia’s chief medical officer or the state and territories’ chief health officers. Now they...

What is life going to look like once we hit 70% vaccination?

  Picture" Mick Tsikas/AAP Many Australians are looking forward to the time when 70% of over-16s are fully vaccinated, and the freedoms this will bring. This number is...

Australia’s vaccination plan is 6 months too late and a masterclass in jargon

  Picture: Shutterstock Six months after the prime minister received his first jab, Australia finally has a national plan to roll out COVID vaccines. The plan’s goals,...

Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead

  Daniel Pockett/AAP Image Victoria has entered a five-day lockdown to control its growing outbreak of the more infectious Delta variant. Until midnight on Tuesday restrictions mean residents are only allowed...

Australia has a new four-phase plan for a return to normality. Here’s what we know so far

  Image: Shuttlestock Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received criticism from the general public for not having a concrete plan to take us out of the COVID-19...

COVID vaccine may lead to a harmless lump in your armpit, so women advised to delay mammograms for 6 weeks

  Picture: Shuttlestock Australian women are being asked to think about the timing of breast cancer screening as they prepare to receive their COVID vaccine. This...

Why telling stories could be a more powerful way of convincing some people to take a COVID vaccine than just the facts

 Picture: Ted S. Warren/AP/AAP Scientists don’t know exactly what percentage of the population will need to get a COVID vaccine to achieve herd immunity. Some diseases, such...

Yeh, nah, maybe. When it comes to accepting the COVID vaccine, it’s Australia’s fence-sitters we should pay attention to

 Picture: Shuttlestock As we prepare to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, we need to know where Australians stand. Our recent study shows that as the pandemic progresses, people...
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