28 May 2024
The first case of H5N1 bird flu was reported in Australia last week. Is the world prepared for what could lead to the next pandemic?
Tag: pandemic
21 May 2024
I understand growing public distrust of doctors and scientists, but we cannot allow this to infect conventional wisdom on vaccines in general. If you want to refuse vaccination, go live in a self-contained commune with zero contact with the outside world.
3 January 2024
Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia spiked to 3.7 a day on average last Dec 24, before dropping to 1.3 deaths on Dec 30, in line with falling infections in the country, as well as regionally and globally. Covid killed 47 people in Malaysia in 14 days as of Dec 30.
18 December 2023
Infectious disease and lung disease experts say govts are downplaying Covid, despite studies revealing heightened risk of heart attacks and diabetes. They warn that upper respiratory tract infections are “just the beginning” of the broader health impact.
25 October 2023
Selangor Public Health & Environment Exco Jamaliah Jamaluddin says there is a need for clear SOPs to improve state and federal cooperation in handling outbreaks and pandemics, citing a lot of “finger-pointing” during the initial Covid-19 outbreak.
23 June 2023
The mass movement of migrant workers during the pandemic allowed India's authorities to weaken labour rights.
8 June 2023
Suhakam's 2020 report spotlights child arrests for MCO violations, and how Covid lockdowns affected reproductive health services and access to justice for divorced women, besides increasing women's caregiving burden as health services shifted to Covid.
16 May 2023
The Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics in Melbourne is working on discovering new technologies and approaches that can accelerate the development of antiviral drugs for the next pandemic, such as by targeting the genetic code of viruses.
7 March 2023
Cheap, portable sequencers in poor countries could be key to identifying and halting emerging diseases before they have a chance to become a pandemic.
28 December 2022
The past two years of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis have demonstrated that the burden and responsibility of tackling future and emerging infectious disease threats should not and must not be the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Health.