March 18, 2022
How many Australians have had COVID-19?
Australia will soon have its first estimates of how many people contracted COVID-19 during the Omicron wave
APPRISE News
March 7, 2022
Victorian biobank begins recruiting for COVID-19 vaccine studies
Call for people to donate blood samples in Victoria before and after their COVID-19 booster vaccination
March 1, 2022
COVID-19 clinical trials disproportionately run out of high-income countries research shows
A treatment that works in an intensive care unit in a high-income country is not necessarily going to work in low and middle income countries
February 8, 2022
The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened
Our analysis showed the app did not add much value to the conventional contact tracing system
January 25, 2022
1,100 Australian aged care homes are locked down due to COVID. What have we learnt from deaths in care?
Addressing the aged care staff crisis will require an effective campaign to attract workers by offering better conditions.
January 19, 2022
Burnet and Doherty scientists develop highly accurate point-of-care neutralising antibodies (NAb) test for COVID-19
The test provides a readout from a fingerprick of blood in less than 20 minutes and is the first of its type globally
November 24, 2021
COVID Conundrums Community Forum
On the 23rd of November, APPRISE co-hosted a forum with the BEAT COVID collaboration
October 27, 2021
New Fellows elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
Professors Jodie McVernon and Kanta Subbarao have been elected as new Fellows to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
October 13, 2021
ASCOT randomises 1,000th patient
To reach this milestone would not have been possible without hard work from all ASCOT collaborators and the dedicated site teams
October 12, 2021
10 ways we can better respond to the pandemic in a trauma-informed way
10 principles that may decrease stress or trauma by fostering a sense of security, well-being, confidence, hope and resilience
