With daily COVID-19 cases in Melbourne hovering at around 200 daily, despite over a month of strict lockdowns ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is still going strong fuelled mainly by the alpha and now the predominant delta variants...
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID0-19 mRNA vaccine has received FDA approval. This is really just a formality given that 100s ...
Apart from parts of South America where the lambda variant predominates, the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant has largely taken over ...
Although it turns out that the delta variant (R0~6-7) is not quite as transmissible as the highly contagious smallpox virus ...
In Australia, we are currently experiencing our third significant wave of COVID-19. Although in Victoria, we are reporting around 20 cases per day for the past few days, we are not taking any chances. After a week of lockdown, a seven extension was prescribed...
Despite Japan being in the midst of her fifth (and most dangerous) COVID-19 wave, the Tokyo Olympics were beautiful with no real interruptions due to the pandemic. It was a pity that spectators were not allowed to observe the excellence live, ...
The two major Australian cities are currently in lockdown; Sydney has been in lockdown for a few weeks now but cases continue to be above 200. In Melbourne, cases are relatively low, however, given the transmissibility of the delta variant, ...
Given the heterogeneity with respect to disease severity in different population groups “authorities” have steered clear of prescribing nutrition of a “healthy lifestyle” as prophylactic or for the management of COVID-19. Studies with specific vitamins ...
A cool catch-phrase these days relate to the declaration of “dual pandemics”; to highlight the severity of certain circumstances, phrases such as dual “COVID and obesity”, “COVID and diabetes”, “COVID and poverty”, COVID and racism”, etc… etc…