By undermining crucial capacity for infectious disease surveillance, Trump is passing untold risks into the future.
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Pathogens are constantly evolving to become resistant to treatment in the perpetual battle between humans and infectious diseases.
Australia’s child vaccination rates used to be among the best in the world. But after peaking in 2020, they’re falling.
Measles is a serious disease with potentially severe complications. The current situation in Canada is a public health challenge and a critical moment for awareness and action.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr has been confirmed as the US health secretary. Here’s why this is bad news for America and the world.
With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened offers lessons for today.
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between people, however, it faces extra challenges.
Raw water may not be as safe as it looks. Like raw milk, untreated water comes with dubious health claims and high risks.
The impact of air pollution on African populations is under-researched due to limited air quality data and health studies.
Officials have confirmed eight new outbreaks in Michigan poultry flocks since mid-December.
Wildfires can unleash hidden health threats, including promoting the spread of infections.
Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.
For some, the current peak of the wave has passed. For others, it’s more a slow rise in cases. Here’s what we can expect as the festive season approaches.
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
Several dozen people have died from an unknown disease in the DRC, and unknown numbers have become ill. This is why we need better disease surveillance.
There are 960 million disposable baby diapers used and thrown away every year in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. Ways need to be found to recycle them instead.
Much, if not all, long COVID appears to be driven by the virus persisting in the body. Formal proof remains elusive but here’s what the science shows.
Most new parents are unaware of the risks of other people kissing their newborn baby.
Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.
Clothing is a well-known carrier of many disease-causing pathogens – including E coli, scabies and Staphylococcus.
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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