Primary care key to protecting Australians from COVID-19
Australia’s GP clinics, pharmacies and other primary care services are key to protecting our most vulnerable people against COVID-19, according to new research led by experts at the Australian National University (ANU). Professor Michael Kidd AM, who is Professor of…
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Evolutionary biologist: COVID-19 appears to be genomically stable, aiding vaccine development
As researchers around the world search for safe and effective drug treatments and vaccines, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 appears to be very stable in terms of its genomic, or complete DNA, makeup. “At least at the moment, the…
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COVID-19: 3-drug combo treatment may be successful
A phase II clinical trial has found that a combination of three drugs — interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin — plus standard care is successful in treating mild-to-moderate cases of COVID-19. This three-drug combination also shortens the duration of viral…
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New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening
A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections, moving the U.S. toward the kind of mass screening that experts say is essential to returning millions of Americans to school and work. But the…
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So how many patients have died after catching coronavirus in hospital?
So how many patients have died after catching coronavirus in hospital? Grieving families demand answers after relatives who went in for standard treatment never came home Amanda Strudwick caught Covid-19 while being treated in hospital for cancer Comedian Eddie Large…
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Coronavirus: What is the UK’s current infection rate? Sir Patrick Vallance gives update
Coronavirus is the most devastating public health crisis the UK has confronted in recent memory but there are visible signs that the country is over the worst of it. The death toll has risen by 210 today – the lowest…
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Coronavirus vaccine: ‘Great progress made’ – Vallance gives update on COVID-19 treatment
Coronavirus has infected more than four million people across the world, and scientists are working hard to find a vaccine for the virus. Sir Patrick Vallance has explained that we’re edging closer to finding a treatment for the deadly infection….
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GCS centres support research to mitigate impact of COVID-19 pandemic
In December 2019, the world learned of a new and deadly pathogen. News coming out of Wuhan, China confirmed public health experts’ worst fears—a novel coronavirus appeared to have jumped from animals to humans. It was extremely contagious, and its…
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Model predicts economic, public health repercussions of lifting quarantine before COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, was officially declared a pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization. Nearly two months later, many municipalities and states around the country have decided to relax some of the limitations…
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Researchers pinpoint genes behind sex biases in autoimmune disorders, schizophrenia
Some diseases exhibit a clear sex bias, occurring more often, hitting harder or eliciting different symptoms in men or women. For instance, the autoimmune conditions lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome affect nine times more women than men, while schizophrenia affects more…
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