Pigs are an ideal ‘mixing vessel’ for avian and human viruses.The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.As the bird flu situation has evolved, ...

The role of the Census is to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the makeup of the Australian community. These data are critical for informing a wide range of programs, including those related to health. When populations are invisible ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread.This now triggers a coordinated ...

Data just published online shows a worrying increase in infectious syphilis cases in women living in Australia aged 15–44 (referred to as “reproductive age”) and a subsequent rise in transmission from pregnant parent to child. This is ...

Australia appears to be experiencing a re-emergence of the infectious disease mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Some 40 cases have been recorded so far in 2024, already surpassing the total number recorded for 2023 (26). Victoria has ...

When Geoff* left prison after his sentence ended, he was told he would be provided with help to return to the community and get on with this new chapter in life. They promised a lot. Like you know transitioning to housing, even help ...

It’s been a big week for South Australia. First, the announcement of a six-day lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19. Then today we heard this lockdown may have not been needed, after a man lied to contact tracers, prompting an ...

The people at highest risk of getting infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are close contacts of infected cases. So tracking these close contacts, and quarantining them so they can’t infect others, is key to ...

As the World Health Organisation keeps reminding health officials around the world, in order to get COVID-19 under control, we must “test, test, test”. Along with tracing contacts of cases, travel bans and social distancing, testing is ...