Zika is not gender neutral: women’s rights are at stake.
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Emerging research suggests that preexisting immunity to dengue virus, which is endemic in South America, could make a subsequent Zika infection worse.
Health spent a lot of time in the spotlight in 2016. Medicare was a major issue in Australia’s federal election and numerous government reviews into health were announced and reported.
A moving dispatch from the frontline in the fight against Zika.
Our immune system protects us but when it comes to some mosquito-borne disease, it can work against us. What are the implications for the development of a Zika virus vaccine?
There’s a new weapon against mosquitoes that spreads diseases such as dengue and yellow fever – more mosquitoes.
It’s hard to contain a mosquito-borne infection like Zika when the conditions are ideal for it to spread.
Upscaling the success of emerging mosquito control technologies relies on automating the rearing and release of millions of mosquitoes. Australia is to become the testing ground for a novel strategy.
We found that less than 1% of published research papers around the time of both outbreaks, that related to the outbreaks, actually explored their gendered impact.
The long vaccine development process is focused on ensuring production of the safest and most effective vaccine for use.
In the future, consumers in the developed world could choose to purchase products from the companies that do the most to promote global health.
New research shows common local mosquitoes aren’t able to spread Zika. This means Australia is unlikely to see a major outbreak of the disease. But a risk remains in northern Queensland.
Congress has failed three times to approve spending to stop the spread of Zika. Their long-term response isn’t much better.
A computer model suggests that while more cases of Zika can be expected in the continental U.S. outbreaks will probably be small and are not projected to spread.
Politics, not epidemiology or medicine, drives government responses to disease. Politicians are the ultimate decision-makers in public health, and they must respond to political forces.
Arthrogryposis is where a baby’s joints are deformed due to a shortening (known as contractures) of the muscles from before birth.
Physicians like me are learning about Zika along with our patients. This takes a dose of humility on our part and an understanding from our patients that we learn something new every single day.
Though separated by time and place, there are surprising similarities in the the social issues raised by the rubella outbreak of 1964-65 and the recent Zika outbreak in South America.
The chance the someone at the Rio games will import the virus to their home country is low.
During a disease outbreak, lots of people can become infected in a short time and develop immunity, making it hard for the pathogen to spread.
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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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Epidemiologist, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Bioethics, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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Professor in Developmental Biology, University of Aberdeen
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Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, Yale University
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Emeritus Professor of Parasitology, Keele University