Kanta Subbarao

March 17, 2021

Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants

Sheena G. Sullivan, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza and Kanta Subbarao, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Decades of experience with influenza offers insights into how we should handle new SARS-CoV-2 variants, and the threat they pose to vaccine effectiveness.

October 12, 2020

Infecting volunteers with coronavirus may be one way to test potential vaccines. But there are risks

Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Monash University; Kanta Subbarao, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, and Michael Selgelid, Monash University

There are many scientific and ethical challenges ahead. But these types of trials have helped in the development of vaccines against a few diseases. Could they do the same for COVID-19?

April 18, 2018

Explainer: what’s new about the 2018 flu vaccines, and who should get one?

Kanta Subbarao, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

While not perfect, the seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to protect against influenza. There are a few changes to the flu vaccine and what is available this year. Here’s what you need to know.