Public health experts and professional health care associations have expressed concern that the guidance goes against research on the vaccine’s benefits in pregnancy.
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The FDA’s new framework for COVID-19 vaccines breaks from established procedure for how the government establishes vaccine guidelines.
When it comes to reducing the spread of COVID, ventilation is often an afterthought. But cleaner air needs to be front and centre of our COVID mitigation strategy. Here’s why.
Hotspot neighbourhoods with greater COVID-19 risk exposure continued to have higher infection rates even when they achieved vaccination levels equal to lower-risk neighbourhoods.
Full population-level protection against COVID-19 will require most adolescents and children to be vaccinated. There are ethical arguments for encouraging vaccination uptake through vaccine mandates.
A variant with a higher transmission rate is much more dangerous than one with just a higher fatality rate.
Super-spreader events typically have the ‘three Vs" in common: indoor venues, poor ventilation and vocalisation. But many buildings frequented by the public lack ventilation or the means to monitor it.
The WHO has been criticised for being slow to recognise the scale of the COVID-9 pandemic. We suggest a new protocol on infectious diseases to help with faster data collection and more open sharing.
Kids become more vulnerable to maltreatment when their parents can’t secure child care or housing or get jobs.
WHO has said that countries must act to stop donations of infant formula in emergencies.
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar?
The WHO recommends women should be encouraged to breastfeed straight after birth, for both the mothers’s and baby’s health, including increasing baby’s immunity.
If you’re lucky enough to be able to afford a ski trip, expect it to look different this year. Some extra planning, however, can lower the coronavirus risk to you, your loved ones and the community.
If coronavirus is still circulating, why are we safer now that social distancing measures have been relaxed? A public health expert explains.
Fear of flying means something altogether different in the age of the new coronavirus. Now the biggest concern is how to keep from becoming infected. If you must fly, here are some things to consider.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Director of Koi Tū, the Centre for Informed Futures; former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Sociology cross-listed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
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Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Sociology; Affiliate, Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST), Western University
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW
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Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, MPH, PhD
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Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University