Global biosecurity expert weighs in on whether Australia should open…
There’s speculation that home quarantine may be part of a future plan for returned international travellers, but professor of global biosecurity at the University of New South Wales, Raina MacIntyre… more
GPs to be at forefront of Australia’s COVID vaccine distribution
The latest agreements mean Australia has lined up four different vaccine candidates, which Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute Professor Raina MacIntyre previously said is an… more
Epidemiologist helped eradicate smallpox
J. Michael Lane, an epidemiologist who helped see to its end the global campaign to eradicate smallpox, a disease that killed hundreds of millions of people over centuries before it was vanquished in… more
Experts accuse federal government of ignoring science on airborne COVID spread
Medicos say the federal government’s refusal to seriously acknowledge that COVID-19 can spread through the air could put healthcare workers' lives at risk and is out of step with scientific evidence… more
Opinion: NSW could relax social distancing rules for venues but only if masks…
The NSW government is considering relaxing the four-square-metre distancing rule and limitations on large gatherings. These, and the closure of international borders, are hurting the economy. READ… more