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What is the latest advice on avoiding and treating monkeypox?

29 Jul 2022

There are steps to avoid infection and a vaccine is likely, says a public health expert from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.

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Road injuries are killing young people, and it's hardly slowing down

30 Jun 2022

Traffic and unintentional injuries are the leading cause of adolescent deaths worldwide.

UNSW academic receives NSW Public Health Impact Award

24 Jun 2022

Associate Professor Holly Seale has been recognised for her contribution to public health in developing a COVID-19 vaccination glossary and training program targeting people from diverse backgrounds.

Men in hard hats with heads down, looking discouraged

First, COVID hit disadvantaged communities harder. Now, long COVID delivers them a further blow

20 Jun 2022

What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.

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The next COVID wave is here. Why for some of us it's OMG and for others it's meh

08 Apr 2022

More than two years into the pandemic the world is a very different place. But this only partly explains different people’s responses to COVID.

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The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. Here's what really happened

07 Feb 2022

Instead of making the lives of contact tracers easier, analysis shows the expensive technology missed contacts and added to their workload.

International borders are about to open, but our research shows the plight of stranded Australians is not over

15 Oct 2021

As we begin to emerge from restrictions, there are many things the federal government could do to improve the conditions for those stranded, and speed up their return home.

Building trust with migrant and refugee communities is crucial for public health measures to work

27 Sep 2021

Without appropriate support, it’s more likely people will break COVID restrictions, for example go to work, or gather in family groups for support.

NSW Chief Medical Officer Kerry Chant addresses the media as Premier Gladys Berijiklian watches on.

Chief health officers are in the spotlight like never before. Here's what goes on behind the scenes

17 Sep 2021

Media coverage misses the nuances of the chief health officer roles. This is what we found when we spoke to them.

a womans arm with a band-aid where she has been vaccinated.

If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically

19 Aug 2021

Do you actually need compulsory vaccination at your workplace? And if you do, as a last resort, how do you make mandates fair?

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