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It’s Bushfire season – Be “air smart” and “lung smart”

It’s Bushfire season – Be “air smart” and “lung smart”

This time last year, Australians were bracing themselves for the onslaught of unprecedented bushfire events, with air pollution up to 11 times the base ‘hazardous’ level.1 This resulted in smoke-related health costs estimated at $1.95 billion according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s Australian bushfires 2019–20: Exploring the short-term health impacts released this week.2 As an...

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Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine 90 per cent effective, can be stored in fridge

Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine 90 per cent effective, can be stored in fridge

Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine is up to 90 per cent effective, late-stage trials show, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is easier to distribute than some of its rivals. The Australian government has already bought 30 million doses of the Oxford vaccine and its manufacturer, AstraZeneca, says...

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Almost a million people have been given an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine, pharmaceutical giant claims

Almost a million people have been given an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine, pharmaceutical giant claims

Almost a million people have been given an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Sinopharm as part of an emergency-use program authorized by Beijing, the Chinese pharmaceutical giant’s chairman said. No serious adverse effects have been reported from vaccine recipients so far, Sinopharm said Wednesday in an article on social media platform WeChat, citing Chairman Liu...

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South Australia border restrictions: Interstate travel allowed as six-day lockdown begins

South Australia border restrictions: Interstate travel allowed as six-day lockdown begins

Hundreds have fled South Australia as it enters the nation’s toughest-ever COVID-19 lockdown, but confusion has been raised over the state’s travel restrictions. While South Australians will be banned from leaving their homes except for essential reasons, even for exercise, they are still allowed to travel interstate. And, on the flipside, interstaters are welcome to...

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South Australia outbreak grows to 17 coronavirus cases

South Australia outbreak grows to 17 coronavirus cases

South Australia’s coronavirus outbreak has grown to 17 cases of COVID-19 overnight as contact tracers scramble to keep the cluster in Adelaide’s north from spiralling out of control. The Northern Territory has now declared South Australia an immediate hot spot following the string of cases over the weekend. Of the cases, 15 are understood to...

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Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective

Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those without evidence of prior infection, hailing the development as “a great day for science and humanity.” “I think we can see light at the end of the tunnel,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla told CNBC’s...

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 50 million

Global coronavirus cases surpass 50 million

More than 50 million people around the world have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in China last December, according to data from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. The grim milestone was reached on Sunday as that number rose to 50,052,204 — while 1,253,110 people are reported...

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Immunity to coronavirus lingers for months, study finds

Immunity to coronavirus lingers for months, study finds

Immunity to Covid-19 infection lingers for at least five months, researchers reported — and probably longer than that. While the report may seem confusing and contradictory to a similar report out of Britain this week, it really isn’t. There is more than one wave of infection control in the human body. People’s bodies produce an...