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5 years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still poorly prepared for the next one

On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2025

Australian discovery of change in ‘killer T cells’ could help fight against influenza

Research led by the Doherty Institute and UNSW shows that cells are replaced as we get older by ones less able to read threat from infections

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2023

Scientific breakthrough uses mRNA technology to create a highly effective malaria vaccine

In preclinical models, Trans-Tasman research collaborators from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Australia developed an mRNA-based vaccine that can effectively target and stimulate protective immune cell…

Dynamite News · Jul 21, 2023

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Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children could be spread by throat bacteria, researchers find

Exclusive: strep A genome sequencing by Australian scientists will likely have implications for prevention and vaccine development

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023

Australian garlic variety can limit internal spread of COVID and influenza A, Doherty Institute finds

A variety of garlic grown in Mildura can limit the spread of viral cells in the digestive tract, bolstering the body's defences to fight viruses in the respiratory system, new research shows.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Scientists push to change COVID-19 antiviral guidelines to make medication more accessible in Australia

Some scientists say Australia's guidelines on who can get antivirals is too restrictive. But the federal health department says our use of antivirals is only marginally less than the US.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

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