August 2024
MH17 taught this leader how to manage through a crisis
The Malaysia Airlines plane was shot out of the sky two days before a large health conference being organised by Doherty Institute director Sharon Lewin was due to begin. Several delegates were on board.
- Sally Patten
June 2023
Potter Foundation joins high-risk mission to combat the next pandemic
The Ian Potter Foundation has joined in Geoff Cumming’s moonshot mission to be able to rapidly deploy therapeutics within weeks to stem the worst effects of any future pandemic.
- Tom Burton
May 2023
Australian garlic kills COVID-19, says Doherty Institute
The variety demonstrates up to 99.9 per cent efficacy against the coronavirus and common flu, raising hopes of increased exports.
- Patrick Durkin
March 2022
Doherty modeller warns of omicron winter resurgence
Jodie McVernon said new variants of the coronavirus are likely to emerge and influenza will begin recirculating through the society, hitting workers.
- Aaron Patrick
Like to travel? You’ll hate this professor’s biggest lesson from the pandemic
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty says the halting of international flights should happen sooner and be applied more broadly during the next pandemic.
- Tom Burton
February 2022
Boosters every six months not a viable strategy, says Doherty chief
Australia is expected to shift to controlling disease rather than infections. But it will need to move away from repeated top-up jabs to protect the vulnerable.
- Tom Burton
December 2021
The 10 most memorable Lunches with the AFR in 2021
After a year of Zoom lunches, 2021’s Lunch with the AFR was able to return to an in-person affair. And this year’s subjects didn’t hold back on some of the biggest issues.
NSW law thwarts rapid national response to omicron
Efforts to quickly assess how effective vaccines are against the new variant are being stymied by NSW laws banning the distribution of blood samples taken from cases.
- Tom Burton
November 2021
Pandemic success threatened by dismantling virus surveillance system
Australia’s successful COVID-19 response is being challenged by proposals to scale down case reporting, says the lead Doherty modeller, Professor James McCaw.
- Tom Burton
October 2021
Australia is 30 days from freedom
The country could be just weeks away from the critical 80 per cent full vaccination milestone required for reopening, as NSW, the ACT and Victoria power ahead.
- Tom McIlroy
What life will look like at 80pc double jabbed
Jostling with crowds while shopping and cheering at the Boxing Day cricket match are just some of the things that locked-down Australians are hoping will become reality as vaccination rates surge.
- Tom McIlroy
September 2021
Australia on track to pass 90pc full vaccination
Vaccine trackers expect NSW, Victoria and the ACT to pass 90 per cent full vaccination by November
- Tom McIlroy
Christmas overseas more likely than in WA, readers say
Just one-quarter of respondents to the latest Financial Review reader poll thought WA would open to the east coast before Australia reopened to the world.
- Hannah Wootton
The big experiment: NSW plots how to live with delta
Gladys Berejiklian is at the centre of Australia’s opening up experiment. But with daily cases topping 1400 on Friday, pressure is building on the state’s hospital capacity.
- Tom McIlroy