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Australian Labor government quietly acknowledges likely COVID holiday surge, but no public health measures

In a statement released on Friday, the Labor government’s Health Minister Mark Butler blandly noted “an expected festive season wave” of COVID infection and illness. Australian Health Minister Mark ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australia: Queensland’s chief health officer calls for the scrapping of the term “Long COVID”

In a press conference on March 15, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard used a study that will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in ...
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COVID-19 infection may alter brain microstructure even in people who fully recover

New research utilizing advanced brain imaging techniques reveals that SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce lasting changes in the ...
EurekAlert!

Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April). Please credit the ...
Townsville BulletinOpinion

Dr Peter Jones: Childhood vaccination rates have fallen after COVID – here’s how we restore public trust

If we want to lift childhood vaccination rates again, we need to acknowledge that shadow, rebuild trust carefully, and ...