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What is the threat to Australia from the Wuhan coronavirus?
READ The guardian interview with Professor Raina Macintyre, The biggest risk to controlling the virus, MacIntyre said, was a failure to appropriately triage. “We really want to focus on the… more
Measles alert for parts of Sydney, Wollongong
Despite measles being officially eradicated in Australia in 2014, the epidemics overseas have led to travellers bringing the highly-infectious disease back home. With its high rates of vaccination,… more
Anti-vaxxers’ claims fuel Samoa measles epidemic, with 65 deaths before…
Public health experts warn the outbreak is a cautionary tale for any nation where vaccination rates drop below 90 per cent The Philippines, which has coverage of just 67 per cent, has the largest… more
Australia Could Be At Risk Of ‘Imported’ Measles Outbreak After Overseas…
"We have high vaccination rates in Australia, so we would not likely have ongoing epidemics, but measles is spread by travel, so we could certainly see outbreaks in Australia due to travel to and… more