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W.H.O. Inquiry on the Pandemic’s Origin: What We Know

Did Covid-19 come from animal markets? It’s unclear. Did it emerge from a lab? Also unclear. Here’s what a new W.H.O. report says — including questions that the agency’s own chief… more
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Brisbane cluster expected to grow as questions mount over vaccinations

Queensland has recorded eight new local coronavirus cases. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk earlier said she expected the Queensland cluster to balloon further today, as the… more
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Experts call for more transparency around pandemic decisions

Australia needs to be more transparent when it comes to how official bodies make public health decisions during a pandemic, a group of experts have argued. A number of infectious… more
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Influenza vaccination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Despite improvements in vaccine uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, adults experience greater rates of influenza hospitalisation than non-Indigenous adults of… more
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Vaccine complacency threatens to undo Australia’s hard work

As UNSW Kirby Institute epidemiologists Raina MacIntyre, Valentina Costantino, and Mallory Trent have shown, the proportion of the population we need to vaccinate to achieve herd… more
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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly's interview on 7.30 ABC on 9 March 2021

Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's interview on 7.30 ABC on 9 March 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19). READ

Mission statement

To reduce the immunisation gap between adults and children through research, teaching and advocacy, with a special focus on the elderly, high risk and vulnerable populations.

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Professor Raina MacIntyre

Raina MacIntyre

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Global Biosecurity.

+61 2 93850920

r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au

Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Research Associate

02 9385 0082

e.kpozehouen@unsw.edu.au