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Eureka Prize awarded to leading infectious diseases researcher

25 Nov 2020

Professor Gregory Dore from The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has won the prestigious 2020 Eureka Prize for infectious diseases research.

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The robots helping sick kids 'teleport' to the classroom

25 Nov 2020

Most school students are back in school after a tumultuous school year, but remote learning – and social isolation – is an ongoing reality for thousands of sick children around the country.

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Blaming the ‘worried well’ for long COVID testing queues won’t help anxious South Australians. This will

20 Nov 2020

Clear messaging about who needs to get tested is better than stigmatising people who are understandably worried about their health.

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COVID contact tracing: Australia needs an automated system

18 Nov 2020

Professor Raina MacIntyre examines National Cabinet's review into contact tracing. 

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Get fit with HIIT in time for summer

16 Nov 2020

Short bursts of intense exercise – known as HIIT – could help you get back into shape by summer and stay that way, a UNSW Sydney exercise physiology researcher says.

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Healthcare workers almost three times more likely to get COVID-19

12 Nov 2020

A new study estimates how Australian health workers’ risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection differs from that of the broader community.

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Light, liposomes, action: researchers show safer, more targeted way to deliver CRISPR gene therapy

12 Nov 2020

Biomedical researchers have come up with a novel way to use a beam of light to deliver CRISPR gene therapy molecules targeting illnesses.

COVID-19 serological study

Low levels of infection in Sydney during the first COVID-19 wave: antibody study

11 Nov 2020

Only a small proportion of Sydney’s population were infected by SARS-CoV-2 earlier this year, a new report co-led by UNSW’s Kirby Institute says.

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COVID-19 vaccine trials at UNSW's Scientia Clinical Research

06 Nov 2020

Early phase trials continue as Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces agreements for more potential vaccines.

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Methamphetamine and heroin availability down since March, prices up: survey

05 Nov 2020

Illicit drugs are harder to get and cost more since the coronavirus pandemic, says UNSW Sydney’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

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