After two people in the Northern Territory died from Murray Valley encephalitis, health authorities are warning residents and travellers to avoid mosquito bites.
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Mosquito bites are more than annoying. They can also spread potentially deadly diseases.
Health authorities in Victoria and NSW are warning of an increased risk of potentially life threatening mosquito-borne disease. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?
Authorities have issued warnings for people in parts of Western Australia to avoid mosquito bites after Murray Valley encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes. Here’s what you need to know.
This summer is expected to be dry and hot. Here’s what that means for the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.
Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in south-eastern Australia. No human cases have yet been reported, but past outbreaks after floods show we need to be cautious.
Could climate change cause mosquito-borne diseases to spread? While this an extremely important health question, the answer is far from simple.
The federal government’s recent White Paper on developing northern Australia has disturbing echoes of the 1890s, a time when unbridled capitalism and indentured labour developed the North.
Top contributors
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Janet Dora Hine Professor, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Epidemiology and One Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Medicine, Menzies School of Health Research