What does the Indian variant mean for Australia?

A virulent Indian COVID-variant is driving the latest outbreak in Melbourne. HEAR the interview. Featured: Martin Foley, Victorian health minister James Merlino, Victoria's… more

OPINION Four cases in Melbourne but what if I've already been exposed?

But if a person has been infected with coronavirus and is in an early stage of incubating the virus – would a vaccine confer any protection to that person? The short answer is we… more

Commentary: Why is COVID-19 surging in the world’s most vaccinated country?

Seychelles offers valuable lessons about mutant strains and vaccine efficacy, says a biosecurity professor. READ MORE

New report confirms what many have thought: Covid probably spreads through air

Raina MacIntyre, a professor of global biosecurity at the University of New South Wales in Sydney says the mainstreamed false assumption has given way to a hygienic practice that… more

UNSW awarded over $8m in funding for health and medical research

Projects led by UNSW Sydney researchers will share more than $8 million in federal government funding for life saving medical research. UNSW researchers received two Medical… more

Kirby Institute modelling could assist pandemic exit strategy

With limited supply, the study examined the concept of using vaccines as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), meaning people could be vaccinated following exposure to a close contact… more