WE ALL KNOW a tough workout saps your energy and can leave you feeling fatigued afterwards. Indeed, that’s often the point. But could it also make you vulnerable to infection? It might, if new research on firefighters is anything to go by. In a study by the US...
When COVID first hit, neurological symptoms such as loss of smell and taste, brain fog and attention deficits were widely reported. Now, new research suggests that prosopagnosia – aka an inability to recognise people's faces – may also be a symptom affecting people...
With COVID case numbers expected to rise in Australia over the coming weeks and months there is significant concern the numbers of severely sick patients may overwhelm hospitals. Thankfully, over time we are learning more about COVID and now have a...
After significant delays in production and approval, Novavax – the first protein-based vaccine against COVID approved in Australia – is now available. Unvaccinated Australians can receive Novavax for their first and second doses, at least three weeks apart, at...
Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, when lockdown was still something of a novelty and we spent our days making sourdough bread rather than sitting at home in stained sweatpants we’ve since been living in for the greater part of six months, researchers around the...
The risk of long Covid symptoms reduced by about 50 per cent compared to those who haven’t been vaccinated at all, while the chance of hospitalisation also reduced.
