Do I need a referral for a COVID-19 test? Your coronavirus questions answered by Trent Yarwood, The University of Queensland As COVID-19 cases surge in Victoria and NSW, authorities have again urged anyone with symptoms, including cough, fever, or sore throat, to get tested. Most results should...
Heather R. Stevens, Ivan Charles Hanigan, Paul Beggs, and Petra Graham found angry tweet counts actually increased in cooler weather. The link between hot weather and aggressive crime is well established. But can the same be said for online aggression, such as angry tweets? And is...
Victorians, and anyone else at risk, should now be wearing face masks. Here's how to make one. After early success in suppressing COVID-19, we are facing a resurgence in Victoria, which is threatening disease control for the whole country. Outbreaks in northwestern Melbourne, including in public housing...
It’s Sunday night, around 8pm, when your ten-year-old tells you she has a sore throat. She doesn’t have any other symptoms, and feels OK. You tell her “let’s see how you feel in the morning” and she happily goes off to sleep. But you’re left wondering...
How do you stay 1.5 metres apart in a rugby scrum? And have we seen the end of communal showers? asks Philip Russo. As we emerge from lockdown, so does our sport. And many sporting bodies are grappling with the best way to do this while...
In Australia and around the world, junk food companies are targeting children on social media. Gary Sacks and Evelyn Suk Yi Looi report on their recent study. In our new study, we found most major social media platforms have restrictions on the advertising of tobacco, alcohol...
Children WANTED! The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) is running a trial to test pioneering allergy treatment for those kids who are allergic to hen eggs. Trial at a Glance: A trial led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is recruiting 80 egg allergic children and...
If you’re pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic, you might be feeling a unique type of stress, writes Monique Robinson. You might be uncertain about how an infection could affect your unborn baby. That’s over and above the stress you might be feeling about the pregnancy itself,...
Acting on medical advice, the Australian Government recommends that schools should remain open at this time. School closures do not appear to be an effective way to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 and there is a low rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases among children relative...
Scott Beattie, looks into a very topical modern game that has an all too serious theme Before we lived with the reality of a global disease outbreak, Pandemic was just the title of a popular series of board games. In the time leading up to the...
