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Long-COVID study could unlock new vaccines, treatments

Australian-led research into cells that fight long-COVID has the potential to help shape new coronavirus treatments and vaccines.

AAP · Sep 16, 2024

Australia had more than 10 million COVID-19 cases this year. But how many more went unrecorded?

We’ve always known official COVID-19 case data didn't capture the full scope of transmission, but 2022 was the year that Australia lost grip of just how big an underestimate it is.

ABC News · Dec 28, 2022

With booster shot take-up lagging, Kerry Chant warns of new wave of COVID cases

COVID rising, even if we think it' a 'post-pandemic' time

Newcastle Herald · Nov 4, 2022

These Melb-Made Vaccines May Be Super Effective Against COVID & My Vax Hole Is Dilating Rn

I'm ready for my jab, Covidaddy.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 25, 2022

Melbourne-made COVID-19 jabs undergo trial

Victorian researchers are recruiting 114 adults to participate in human trials of two Melbourne-made COVID-19 vaccines, which are distinct from other jabs.

AAP · Mar 24, 2022

Anti-vaxxers say three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine results in higher infection rates. Here's why that's incorrect

Anti-vaxxers are using statistics from the UK's Health Security Agency to claim those who are triple-vaccinated are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the unvaccinated. But they're using inaccurate population estimates.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022

Clinical trials to begin on two new COVID-19 vaccines developed by Melbourne researchers

The two vaccine candidates differ from existing jabs because they target the very tip of the virus spike protein. They would be the first COVID-19 vaccines to be entirely developed in Australia.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022