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Is Australia ready for monkeypox?

Disease control efforts can draw on lessons from the past and prevent the epidemic from becoming established in Australia READ MORE
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OPINION Access to a second COVID booster vaccine has been expanded to people 30…

Fourth COVID shots have been approved for over-30s, a necessary step to help protect Australians this winter. But we should be doing more. READ MORE
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America Is Rolling Out a Monkeypox Vaccine — Should Australia Be Doing the Same?

Another day, another horrifying threat to our very existence. Monkeypox, the latest instalment in the series of things that want to ruin our plans, has apparently evolved rapidly, to the point where… more
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OzSAGE Calls for Broader COVID Strategy

Australia must plan now for a significant burden of disease and disability due to long covid READ MORE
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Three things we need to know about monkeypox

While monkeypox is not yet a global emergency, more information is needed on how it’s mutating and spreading, writes Professor Raina MacIntyre. READ MORE
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At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat? Here’s the answer

Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world – such as monkeypox – it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it… more