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You can still pass whooping cough on, even if you’re vaccinated.
It might feel like an odd or even slightly stomach-churning topic, but it’s a remarkably common question.
The risk of a severe allergic reaction when pholcodine is combined with common medicines used in anaesthesia has lead to their recall in Australia.
Some coughs can last for weeks or even months following an upper respiratory infection. The good news – albeit not very satisfying – is that most eventually go away on their own.
Some people who have had COVID are still coughing weeks, months and even a year after being infected with COVID. So why do coughs linger when you’re no longer infectious?
Stigmatising people with coronavirus risks undermining efforts to control the pandemic through contact tracing.
SARS-CoV-2 can be spread through the air. But just how much of a factor that is has been hard to determine. Recent evidence suggests it is common, posing problems as public places begin to reopen.
Aerosols are the tiny particles of liquid and material that float around in our environment. When they come from an infected person, they may be a significant source of coronavirus transmission.
Coughs are a valuable diagnostic tool, but how do you know if you’ve got a relatively harmless cough, a coronavirus cough – or something else altogether?
The CDC is reconsidering its policy about the widespread public’s use of masks, as is the World Health Organization. Here are the facts about when it’s appropriate to wear a mask – and what kind.
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Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer in Clinical and Health Psychology, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Medicine, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance & Senior Lecturer, Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia