COVID update – Plagues, current and future COVID-19
COVID – 5th dose, flu – concurrent annual booster, many recrudescent diseases
How physios and occupational therapists are helping long COVID sufferers
Treating people for long COVID – that is, symptoms that last longer than four weeks after COVID infection – can be extremely complex due to the wide variety of problems associated with the condition.
Trouble in China: Might Omicron become Omega?
A massive surge in Omicron infections in China likely means new subvariants—and potentially worse.
Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron
There are many reasons why your RAT may not give you the results you expect. But one factor is whether RATs can detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID).
Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?
At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.
China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out
China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic.
COVID Update – A national CDC, boosters for young people and China’s response to the surge
How healthy young people will derive little benefit from a fourth or fifth dose of vaccine, and how we should keep them for the vulnerable population, and China’s response to the COVID surge being of global interest and concern
COVID update – 5th booster, mRNA-based vaccines and 2023 forecast
The pros and cons of a 5th jab for health workers, whether we have reached the end of the road with mRNA-based vaccines, cutting through the subvariant hype, new vaccines on the horizon, and the 2023 forecast – does ATAGI need a rethink?
Why haven’t I had COVID yet?
Throughout the pandemic, Australia has recorded 10.4 million cases of COVID-19, with the majority occurring this year.
Get up to speed on the new COVID wave
The new COVID wave comprising of BQ1, XBB and other variants, and what our frontline response should look like, whether a fifth booster is worth having, children’s vaccination developments and an update on the antivirals
Intersection between COVID and tuberculosis
How resources are being diverted to COVID-19, and how they have been affecting Tuberculosis resources, knowing when to suspect and diagnose active Tuberculosis and how to manage the patient
COVID update – Bivalent jab, new variants and herd immunity
The bivalent vaccines, the new variant alert for Ba.2.75 and Ba.4.6, and herd immunity predictions and implications
