Australia is ill-equipped to detect serious new variants of COVID-19 because it has dismantled its testing infrastructure for the virus, a leading epidemiologist has said.READ MORE
The event that inspired the development of EpiWatch, an AI-driven early warning detection system for epidemics, was the West African ebola outbreak of 2014, according to UNSW professor of global… more
EPIWATCH has been named as a finalist in the 2022 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence People's Choice Award in the Health Innovations category. The winner is selected by popular vote. Your vote is… more
Public health expert Raina MacIntyre took out one of the top individual gongs for her role in the international COVID-19 response, while farming pioneers and cancer researchers were among 13 others… more
Australians must change the way they live and accept the threat from COVID-19 and other viral infections will persist, a leading epidemiologist says.
Professor Raina MacIntyre, who leads the… more
Prof. MacIntyre is Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW. She is a world-leading researcher on respiratory protective devices, pandemics, smallpox, and emerging infectious… more