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The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health workers and experts use the term “intubation” for the extra breathing support some patients need in an emergency. But many people don’t know what this procedure involves and the trauma it can cause. Patients with COVID-19 who […]
After over 18 months of this pandemic, with the social distancing, mask wearing and on-off lockdowns, what we all want to know more than anything else is when it will all be over and how it will end. While nothing is certain, we have a lot of evidence on which to build some realistic expectations […]
More than five billion anti-COVID jabs have been given globally, an AFP tally of official sources at 1430 GMT on Tuesday showed, with the worldwide inoculation drive reaching cruising speed. While it took around 140 days to get the first billion shots into people’s arms, the third, fourth and fifth billions each took between 26 […]
The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 declines faster than that of the AstraZeneca jab, according to a new study published on Thursday. “Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech have greater initial effectiveness against new COVID-19 infections, but this declines faster compared with two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca,” researchers at Oxford University said. The study, which has […]
A world-leading research collaboration in South Australia has delivered crucial insight into the lasting immune system dysregulation caused by COVID-19. The study, conducted by experts at SAHMRI, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, showed that people’s immune systems were significantly altered six months after their […]
Hygiene was a significant part of the health measures to control the coronavirus at the start of the pandemic. But as evidence began to emerge of airborne spread, the focus switched to masks and, more recently, ventilation. Indeed, for some the focus has switched so sharply from surface transmission to airborne transmission that they now […]
Australia’s coveted status as a haven from the pandemic could be at an end, with experts warning that a sustained Delta outbreak makes a return to “COVID zero” unlikely. After long stretches with zero local cases—what Australians once jokingly referred to as “doughnut days”—a Sydney outbreak has now grown to 4,610. Record numbers of new […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said Monday the White House is pushing for people with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 to be protected against discrimination, as he marked the anniversary of a landmark law for people with disabilities. U.S. agencies will coordinate to ensure people suffering from severe long-term health problems are protected after the […]
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that disruptions in health care due to the COVID 19 pandemic may increase breast cancer deaths. In March 2020 public health measures prohibited most elective procedures, including mammography, due to hospital capacity and limited personal protective equipment. This reduced mammograms up to 80%. […]
