October 2, 2020
Covid Vaccines in Trials
Australians will get access to 84.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses throughout 2021, provided current trials…
September 25, 2020
Three local COVID-19 vaccines Get Funding
the Australian government announced it would put A$6 million towards the research and development of three local…
September 11, 2020
Muscle-strengthening in the Covid Age
Recent evidence suggests muscle-strengthening exercise is very beneficial to our health. In our study, published…
September 4, 2020
Inflammation the Key to Covid
While many factors contribute to how severely people are affected, it’s becoming clear that for…
August 21, 2020
Humidity Decreases Covid Transmission
At this stage we don’t really know if or how temperature affects COVID-19 transmission. But…
August 14, 2020
Ivermectin for Covid 19 ?
Australia's The Centre for Digestive Disease (CDD) Medical Director Professor Thomas Borody says FDA and…
August 7, 2020
Is it an Allergy or a Virus ?
Although it can sometimes be challenging, there are ways to tell apart respiratory symptoms caused…
July 31, 2020
Working From Home – Good or Bad ?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to working from home, often in less…
July 24, 2020
Wearing Masks for Corona Protection?
"Studies have recently shown that, even when factoring in imperfections and human error, wearing face…
July 10, 2020
Saliva Testing for Covid-19
An alternative method of specimen collection, using saliva, is being evaluated in Victoria and other…
July 3, 2020
Corona and Office Workers
One of the most profound ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives has been…
June 26, 2020
Covid 19 and MacGyver
Now, we use the verb “to MacGyver ”, to make or repair something, using whatever…
June 19, 2020
Dexamethasone for covid 19
an old anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone, which has been described as cheap, old and boring. Preliminary results…
June 15, 2020
New Zealand may Eliminate Covid 19
There is now a 95% chance COVID-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our…
June 1, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine – Benefit or not?
A paper published in The Lancet has cast fresh controversy on the use of the malaria drug…
May 19, 2020
Covid Social Isolation -Is Loneliness Harmful?
Loneliness is a killer. An influential meta-analysis, which collated and analysed the results of nearly…
May 7, 2020
Upsides of the Covid 19 Crisis
The ANU study is the first longitudinal examination of the economic, political, social and mental…
April 30, 2020
Stuck Indoors with the Coronavirus Blues ?
Are you feeling anxious or irritated during the coronavirus lockdown? Do you constantly want to…
April 22, 2020
Coronavirus and Liveable Neighbourhoods
We are witnessing changes in the ways we use our cities in response to the…