We don’t yet know what this winter’s influenza season will bring. But here’s what we can expect from the 2021 crop of flu vaccines.
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Five respiratory viruses everyone should know about.
Borders in southern Africa – as on the entire continent – were arbitrarily imposed by former colonial powers, and aren’t respected.
Some of the false claims about coronavirus may be harmless. But others can be potentially dangerous.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
With coronavirus continuing to spread, you may wonder: How do I know if I might have it? An infectious disease expert explains.
If you have a blocked or runny nose, chances are you’ll reach for a tissue or hanky for a good blow. But is your technique up to scratch?
Simple steps can lower your risk of bringing home traveller’s diarrhoea, respiratory infections and mosquito-borne diseases from your holiday.
The flu vaccine – which prevents one from getting influenza – changes every year, because it is based on the strains of the virus that presented in the previous year.
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Honorary Fellow Nossal Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Physician, The University of Melbourne
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Saskatchewan
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW
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Section Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Professor (Human Geography), University of Zululand