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Respected epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws, who has been recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours list, reflects on how her life changed following her brain cancer diagnosis.

Around the world, something very strange is happening with the spread of flu, with a range of specialists saying the COVID-19 pandemic has set off a chain of consequences that interrupted the spread of influenza, possibly throwing out seasonal trends for years to come.

WHO report has said origins of virus are still unknown and recommended further investigation

Confirmed cases of the virus in the UK have soared to 366 after a further 45 were identified in just the past 24 hours, and health chiefs have issued new "social distancing" guidelines

China has attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie

That stance marks a sharp reversal of the U.N. health agency's initial assessment of the pandemic's origins

The One Nation senator has continued to push the baseless claim that Australia could be forced to adopt restrictive health measures by the World Health Organization.

Wastewater surveillance involves testing sewage to obtain data about a population’s health. While the technique is decades old, it has gained recent international prominence for its ability to predict pandemic surges, detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants and provide useful data when traditional testing methods reach capacity. With its success, the field…

Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began