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Vaccination is key to protecting against measles – but the question of when exactly is best to give the vaccine is not black and white.
It might feel like an odd or even slightly stomach-churning topic, but it’s a remarkably common question.
The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow.
If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis infection spread throughout your body.
Withdrawing or reducing aid has immediate and often fatal effects − not only for the countries receiving aid but for people around the globe.
Measles cases are rising in Australia and globally. Two paediatric infectious disease experts answer some key questions.
The Epidemic Intelligence Service has been a crucial tool in fighting diseases at home and abroad. Its impact would be impossible to replace.
It’s safe to get a COVID vaccine and a flu shot at the same time. Here’s what else you need to know.
LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
The National Institutes of Health has been integral to scientific progress in treating countless human diseases. Without its support, patients will ultimately pay the price.
Measles is on the rise globally. We need to step up vaccination rates.
A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on HIV. Here’s what the researchers found.
Japanese encephalitis spreads via mosquitoes. It has been detected in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs and claimed two lives in NSW. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Hepatitis B can lead to liver disease. But we can prevent and manage this viral infection. Here’s what we know about the latest health alert.
The immediate risks are from drowning, falls, injuries and infections from contaminated floodwater. Here’s what to look out for.
England is at risk of losing its ‘low TB incidence’ status.
Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very much a modern-day scourge.
No, taking vitamin A is not going to protect you from catching measles, whatever Robert F. Kennedy Jr suggests. Here’s what will.
Top contributors
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia