As UNSW Kirby Institute epidemiologists Raina MacIntyre, Valentina Costantino, and Mallory Trent have shown, the proportion of the population we need to vaccinate to achieve herd immunity varies… more
Prof MacIntyre is head of the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute at the University of NSW, and is concerned that the AstraZeneca vaccine, which will likely be rolled out early this year, is… more
On January 20, enduring its third coronavirus wave under yet another lockdown, Israel recorded its first 10,000-case day alongside more than 100 deaths.
Less than a month later, it is slowly… more
Some experts are questioning the purpose of the World Health Organization's coronavirus investigative mission to China, which wrapped up this week after months of diplomatic tension with no clarity… more
The B.1.1.7 strain is one of two variants which the World Health Organization has dubbed "variants of concern".
The second is the B.1.351 strain of coronavirus, often referred to as the South… more