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Sensationalist media coverage of the novel coronavirus risks spreading fear rather than keeping the public informed.
Viruses are small enough to pass through filters, including face masks. Disabling viruses with electrically charged gases could be a better way to curb airborne transmission.
Epidemiologists want to quickly identify any emerging disease’s potential to spread far and wide. Dependent on a number of factors, this R0 number helps them figure that out and plan accordingly.
Coronavirus can cause lung damage, pneumonia and multi-organ failure, or sepsis, among other things.
With coronavirus continuing to spread, you may wonder: How do I know if I might have it? An infectious disease expert explains.
The coronavirus that has sickened hundreds in Wuhan, China, has worried health officials and other humans across the globe. Should people in the US worry?
You’ll catch your death!
The 1918-1919 flu claimed millions of lives worldwide. Could it also have given birth to the viral zombie?
Retailers are selling ‘anti-virus masks’ but there is no strong evidence that they can stop the spread of flu.
A common myth cited as a reason for not getting the flu shot is that the shot will give you the flu. That is scientifically impossible. Here’s why.
When a certain percentage of a population has been vaccinated, it prevents an infectious disease from spreading. But that threshold depends on the disease.
When it comes to flu, information can range from confusion about what it actually is, to speculation about how it’s transmitted.
The headlines paint a picture of a frightening flu season. While this season set in earlier than usual, it’s not necessarily more severe than previous years.
Washing your hands helps protect against the flu. So it makes sense for governments to make hand sanitisers available in public places.
Headlines about this year’s flu season have been alarming. It’s true, we are having a serious season – but the data doesn’t indicate it’s the worst one we’ve ever had.
The flu vaccine is built on the strains expected to circulate in a given year. While the majority of strains circulating this year are matched in the vaccine, there’s one strain we didn’t predict.
The flu vaccine takes about two weeks to start working and only protects against influenza, so you can still get sick from other viruses after your flu shot.
How can a tiny flu virus make you feel so bad, all over? Here’s what’s behind your high temperature, muscle aches and other flu symptoms.
Children’s immune systems are more vulnerable to the flu; even kids who are otherwise healthy can develop complications. The best way to protect children is by having them vaccinated.
Top contributors
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Professor (Adjunct) in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
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Professor in Mathematical Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Infectious Diseases Fellow, Monash University
