While there may be benefits to wearing face masks in some situations, the evidence doesn’t support wearing them all the time.
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A new model based on how diseases spread will help traffic controllers get on top of congestion faster
COVID-19 has a long incubation time, and testing can take days to get results. Don’t let continually rising case numbers make you give up on staying at home.
The questions researchers around the world are working on day and night.
The new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spreads faster than the H1N1 influenza virus and is much deadlier. SARS-CoV-2 is particularly skilled at keeping cells from calling out for help.
Western Australia is expanding its coronavirus testing criteria from today. So who can get tested in that state, and in other states and territories across Australia?
Our mobile phone’s location data could be a valuable tool to help track and trace the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The government has the legal power to do it, given what’s at stake.
Social distancing is vital to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But it doesn’t have to be purely physical - we can separate ourselves in time too, by staggering our daily routines.
Predicting how a virus will spread — and its effects — relies on mathematically sound and accurate models that account for factors like weather patterns and human behaviour.
Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it.
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Initiatives to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 are under way. But how far away are they?
Could the 1889-1890 pandemic have been the result of cow coronaviruses jumping to humans?
The immediate need to “track and trace” infections for public health purposes poses an unprecedented challenge to privacy.
Travel bans, social distancing and testing can all be effective against COVID-19.
Usually when a leader handles a crisis poorly, it’s politically costly. But President Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is not likely to hurt him, says an expert on health crises.
From China and South Korea to Italy and the US, different countries are taking very different approaches to COVID-19 – with varying degrees of success.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus has evolved into a deadlier strain. It is almost certainly less lethal than initially reported, but that might mean there are more cases than we realised.
Canadians have a reputation for compassion; in the current COVID-19 pandemic, this means helping each other by staying away.
The risks to individuals vary hugely with age.
Best-case estimates suggest 40 million American adults may come down with COVID-19. But an epidemiologist explains why now is not the time to just give up.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Professor in Mathematical Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Head of School of Population Health and Professor, Infectious Diseases Dynamics and Interventions, UNSW
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Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, American University
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Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh
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Ph.D. Student in Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW