Resources for Journalists

COVID-19 is a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, that has not been previously identified in humans. See below for a collection of resources to help you cover this issue (Please note: additional resources are available to journalists who are logged in).

The AusSMC also issues a daily COVID-19 update for registered journalists (click here to view an example). If you would like to receive this email, please go to your profile on MyScimex and select yes beside "Receive COVID-19 Updates?". The email update and this resources page are supported by the Google News Initiative.

Latest COVID-19 news, research, expert reactions and briefings

Show/Hide newsfeed filter Filter by
Type
News for

Choose a location of interest

  1. COVID-19 is hitting the mental health of homeless women in the USA hard

    Publicly released: Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 0100 AEST, 0300 NZST

    JAMA Network Open

    A US study surveyed mental health symptoms and social challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic among 128 women who were homeless or in unstable housing in San Francisco. ... or anxiety or both Read more about COVID-19 is hitting the mental health of homeless women in the USA hard

    InternationalUniversity of California, San Francisco, USA

  2. Alcohol consumption linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases in 2020

    Publicly released: Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 1600 AEST, 1800 NZST

    The Lancet Oncology

    Disruptions to health care and cancer services across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to have affected diagnosis rates for that year and may have led to ... There are several limitations Read more about Alcohol consumption linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases in 2020

    Australia; New Zealand; InternationalInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, France

  3. Viral respiratory infection on the rise in aged care

    Publicly released: Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 1300 AEST, 1500 NZST

    Australasian Journal on Ageing

    New research from the Registry of Senior Australians at SAHMRI has shown viral respiratory infections have been increasing among Australia’s residential aged care population even before COVID-19. Read more about Viral respiratory infection on the rise in aged care

    Australia; SASouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)

  4. EXPERT REACTION: AstraZeneca advice changes amid Sydney outbreak

    Publicly released: Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 0915 AEST, 1115 NZST

    ATAGI has updated its advice on COVID-19 vaccination in response to NSW’s outbreak. ... with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, versus the rare risk of a serious side effect. ’ Read more about EXPERT REACTION: AstraZeneca advice changes amid Sydney outbreak

    Australia; VIC; QLDAustralian Science Media Centre

  5. Lateral flow tests quick, cheap, and highly effective at detecting COVID-19

    Publicly released: Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 0901 AEST, 1101 NZST

    EClinicalMedicine

    Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, and the Medical University of Graz, has found that lateral flow tests detect Covid-19 with similar accuracy to laboratory-based PCR tests, providing they are Read more about Lateral flow tests quick, cheap, and highly effective at detecting COVID-19

    InternationalQueen Mary University of London, UK

  6. Middling vaccination rates could leave us vulnerable to variants

    Publicly released: Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 0901 AEST, 1101 NZST

    Royal Society Open Science

    Vaccine escape in a heterogeneous population: insights for SARS-CoV-2 from a simple modelRoyal Society Open ScienceThe rapid development and deployment of vaccines is the success story of the Read more about Middling vaccination rates could leave us vulnerable to variants

    InternationalUniversity of Cambridge, UK

  7. Discovery points to targeted treatment for COVID-19

    Publicly released: Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 1900 AEST, 2100 NZST

    Nature Communications

    a way to stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus from replicating in infected human cells, in a major step towards a new treatment for this and future pandemic viruses. ... In collaboration with Director Professor Read more about Discovery points to targeted treatment for COVID-19

    Australia; VICThe University of Melbourne | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

  8. COVID-19 - The facts - Australian Academy of Science launches new campaign

    Publicly released: Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 1419 AEST, 1619 NZST

    you. Even if you are fit and healthy and have a lower risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19, you might pass the virus on to a more vulnerable person ... Everyone can help reduce the impact and Read more about COVID-19 - The facts - Australian Academy of Science launches new campaign

    AustraliaAustralian Academy of Science

  9. The flu jab might provide some protection against COVID-19

    Publicly released: Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 1129 AEST, 1329 NZST

    European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).

    Members of the first group had received the flu vaccine between two weeks and six months before being diagnosed with COVID-19. ... Despite this, the influenza vaccine is by no means a replacement for the Read more about The flu jab might provide some protection against COVID-19

    InternationalUniversity of Miami, USA

  10. COVID-19 BRIEFING: What is 'gain of function' research? 

    Publicly released: Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 1101 AEST, 1301 NZST

    The debate about the origins of COVID-19 has led to some people calling for a ban on so-called 'gain of function' research. ... Gain of function' research can make a virus more infectious or more deadly, Read more about COVID-19 BRIEFING: What is 'gain of function' research? 

    Australia; VIC; ACTThe Australian National University | The University of Melbourne

  11. COVID-19 has exacerbated gender inequity in the STEM workforce across the Asia Pacific

    Publicly released: Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 0001 AEST, 0201 NZST

    The impact of COVID-19 on women in the STEM workforce across the Asia-Pacific region has heightened the challenges and barriers they face in progressing their careers, according to a ... This survey Read more about COVID-19 has exacerbated gender inequity in the STEM workforce across the Asia Pacific

    Australia; New Zealand; PacificAustralian Academy of Science

  12. ‘Stage 4’ tighter restrictions likely needed to control Delta outbreak in NSW

    Publicly released: Mon 12 Jul 2021 at 2039 AEST, 2239 NZST

    COVASIM is an agent-based COVID-19 model developed by Burnet Institute and Institute for Disease Modelling in the USA. ... It provides governments with more specific and precise data to inform their Read more about ‘Stage 4’ tighter restrictions likely needed to control Delta outbreak in NSW

    Australia; NSW; VICBurnet Institute

  13. Epidemiologists propose 7 revised COVID-19 alert levels for NZ

    Publicly released: Mon 12 Jul 2021 at 1409 AEST, 1609 NZST

    The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

    Public health researchers are proposing a revised version of New Zealand’s now established Covid-19 alert levels, which they say no longer reflect the current scientific understanding of the Read more about Epidemiologists propose 7 revised COVID-19 alert levels for NZ

    New ZealandUniversity of Otago | New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance

  14. Woman dies after contracting two COVID-19 variants at once

    Publicly released: Sun 11 Jul 2021 at 0801 AEST, 1001 NZST

    A 90-year-old woman who died of COVID-19 had contracted both the Alpha variant and the Beta variant at the same time. ... This is one of the first documented cases of co-infection with two SARS-CoV-2 Read more about Woman dies after contracting two COVID-19 variants at once

    InternationalAustralian Science Media Centre | OLV Hospital, Belgium

  15. Poorer people less likely to get a COVID-19 test, but more likely to get sick

    Publicly released: Sat 10 Jul 2021 at 0830 AEST, 1030 NZST

    The Lancet Public Health

    People in poorer neighbourhoods are being tested for COVID-19 less frequently but are more likely to catch the virus and be hospitalised, according to a Swiss study. ... It is essential to continue to Read more about Poorer people less likely to get a COVID-19 test, but more likely to get sick

    InternationalUniversity of Bern, Switzerland

  16. How genomics-informed public health action helped control Victoria's second wave

    Publicly released: Sat 10 Jul 2021 at 0830 AEST, 1030 NZST

    The Lancet Public Health

    effort located the source of Victoria’s second COVID-19wave and demonstrated the successful control of the virus in Australia for a second time. ... In Victoria, all positive samples for SARS-CoV-2 are Read more about How genomics-informed public health action helped control Victoria's second wave

    VICThe University of Melbourne

  17. Should we start vaccinating kids against COVID-19?

    Publicly released: Fri 9 Jul 2021 at 1130 AEST, 1330 NZST

    The BMJ

    International experts, including an Australian, are making the case for and against rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations to kids to stop the current spread of COVID-19. ... Should we delay covid-19 Read more about Should we start vaccinating kids against COVID-19?

    Australia; International; VICMurdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) | University of Oxford, UK, University of Western Ontario, Canada

  18. Instant COVID sensor to prevent outbreaks and protect communities

    Publicly released: Fri 9 Jul 2021 at 0911 AEST, 1111 NZST

    RMIT University is collaborating with partners including Melbourne-based biomedical start-up Soterius on the biosensor, which can detect the presence of tiny amounts of the SARS-CoV-2 Read more about Instant COVID sensor to prevent outbreaks and protect communities

    Australia; VICRMIT University | Burnet Institute | Soterius, MIP Diagnostics, D+I, Vestech

  19. Get your booster: The Delta variant could dodge partial protection

    Publicly released: Fri 9 Jul 2021 at 0100 AEST, 0300 NZST

    Nature

    The team isolated antibodies from the blood of people who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, or received one dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine, and tested these against ... the Delta variant, Read more about Get your booster: The Delta variant could dodge partial protection

    InternationalInstitut Pasteur, France

  20. Māori and Pacific people up to 3 times more likely to get severe Covid-19 illness

    Publicly released: Fri 9 Jul 2021 at 0001 AEST, 0201 NZST

    New Zealand Medical Journal

    Māori and Pacific people in New Zealand have higher risk of hospitalisation for COVID-19 Key Points Structural inequities and systemic racism in the healthcare system mean that Māori and Pacific Read more about Māori and Pacific people up to 3 times more likely to get severe Covid-19 illness

    New ZealandUniversity of Auckland | Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research ...

Show Results

  1. 10
  2. 20
  3. 50