Virus volunteers to help Melbourne’s new human trials clinic prepare for the next pandemic
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Virus volunteers to help Melbourne’s new human trials clinic prepare for the next pandemic

The flu,malaria and even gonorrhoea will be studied to help the first lab of its type in the southern hemisphere stay one step ahead of the prime candidate for the next pandemic.

  • byAisha Dow

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COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality,especially when you can work from home

COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality,especially when you can work from home

Queensland suffered through its worst year for flu in 2023 in decades. And our “soldier on” mentality – which never really went away – isn’t helping.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
How spending $81 million could save 500 lives in NSW every year

How spending $81 million could save 500 lives in NSW every year

Vaccinating 55 per cent of healthy people under 65 would provide greater protection to vulnerable people,a new report has found.

  • byLaura Banks
The cold and flu drug you’ve relied on for years doesn’t work

The cold and flu drug you’ve relied on for years doesn’t work

They may be stocked on the shelves of pharmacies and supermarkets across Australia,but the pills you’ve been popping to stop your runny nose are no better than a placebo.

  • byLaura Banks
‘We’ve been constantly sick’:Why we can’t kick the ‘yo-yo flu’

‘We’ve been constantly sick’:Why we can’t kick the ‘yo-yo flu’

If you’ve been sick on and off this year,you might be a victim of the “yo-yo flu”. Here’s what it is,and why you have it.

  • byAmber Schultz
Influenza B is back and more children are ending up in hospital
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Influenza B is back and more children are ending up in hospital

Doctors warn the flu season is yet to peak in Victoria and with flu vaccination rates lower than usual,hospitals are bracing for a surge in cases among children.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
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Free flu jabs as sick Queenslanders told to stay home

Free flu jabs as sick Queenslanders told to stay home

Flu vaccines will be free for all Queenslanders amid concern about the disease spreading among children as students return from holidays.

  • byNick Gibbs
Warning over flu risks after two children die with the virus

Warning over flu risks after two children die with the virus

A teenager from the NSW Central Coast and an 11-year-old girl from Noosa have died with influenza,prompting renewed calls from health authorities to get vaccinated.

  • byAngus Thomson
How to shield your children from lurking lurgies

How to shield your children from lurking lurgies

Two Qld experts unravel the mystery of why some kids seem to catch every bug doing the rounds,and offer ways to protect them.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Melbourne base helps CSL ready for the next pandemic

Melbourne base helps CSL ready for the next pandemic

The biotech giant says its $800 million vaccine production facility in Tullamarine will be running by 2026.

  • byEmma Koehn
In the sick of it:Flu struck down more Queenslanders last week than in all of 2021
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In the sick of it:Flu struck down more Queenslanders last week than in all of 2021

Does it feel like everyone is ill right now? 2023 is shaping up to be a nasty year for viruses and bacteria as Australia faces its first real flu season in years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell