With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 forcing Melbourne back into lockdown for six weeks and parts of NSW on high alert, is it time to ask: were we too quick to open up again? Our neighbours New Zealand this week ...

Aged care residents died at three times the normal rate in the UK during the COVID-19 peak in April, according to official government statistics. On April 12, 1300 people died in care homes in comparison with 407 the previous year ...

This week on The Coronavirus Podcast, host Conor Burke is joined by Professor Michael Ward from the University of Sydney. Michael led a study which posits that COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus, much like the common cold or flu. ...

Have you ever experienced COVID-rage? That is, anger brought on by social distancing or the lack thereof. Like when you go to the shop or a cafe and people seem to have totally forgotten about social distancing and stand right ...

This week host Conor Burke speaks to an infectious disease specialist. Along with virologists, epidemiologists and a few other 'ists', academics who have informed us about the specifics of the coronavirus have become the rockstars of science. Associate Professor Sanjaya ...

It’s low-cost and widely available and yet dexamethasone is the drug that has researchers' tongues wagging after a UK trial showed it reduced deaths among COVID-19 patients. In trial results that scientists called a “major breakthrough”, a low dose of ...

In Episode 11 of the Coronavirus Podcast we delve into wet markets, asking: what are they, and are they bad for us? Host Conor Burke is joined by Dr Petr Matous, Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at ...

What do we do if we can't find a vaccine for COVID-19? In episode 10 of the Coronavirus Podcast host Conor Burke is joined by Tammy Hoffman, professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Bond University, to discuss non-clinical interventions and what ...

This weeks' episode features a nurse with direct experience treating COVID-19 patients. Ashleigh Peters graduated at the end of 2018 and has been working at Westmead Hospital for nearly a year. She worked for six months in ED before changing ...

'The Coronavirus Podcast' is a new podcast that tackles all of the myths, research and talking points that surround the pandemic. This week we talk to Professor David Paterson from the university of Queensland Centre for Clinical research. Paterson is ...