Prof Brendan Crabb
@CrabbBrendan
Medical researcher & Director & CEO @BurnetInstitute & Chair @ausglobalhealth & @PacificFriends | also @BrendanCrabbAC & https://t.co/5BaDvLZ2Tw
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http://www.burnet.edu.au 13-02-2014 05:19:09
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ONS #LongCovid estimates are out.
▶️ March 2023:
Estimated 2.9% ~ 1 in 34 people.
▶️ March 2024:
Estimated 3.3% ~ 1 in 30 people.
I don’t think this is an encouraging trajectory.
#CovidIsAirborne #CleanAirNow
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Burnet has been granted funding by the The Fleming Fund to begin Phase Two of our work addressing antimicrobial resistance ( #AMR ) in #PNG , particularly in strengthening human and animal health sectors.
For more 👇 burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-… The Fleming FundPNG
On Tuesday in #Melbourne , at the sidelines of #WHSMelbourne2024 , visited Burnet Institute to give a talk about #PlanetaryHealth 🌏 & explore potential research collaborations
Excited about our project that will bridge #Australia 🇦🇺 #Singapore 🇸🇬 & #Philippines 🇵🇭 together! 🤞
Today is World Malaria Day– “an important reminder that malaria is a major global cause of illness and death, and severely impedes education, equity and economic development” says NHMRC Synergy Grant recipient, Professor James Beeson of Burnet Institute #WorldMalariaDay
I endorse these comments from Helen Clark - we need both. It was an extraordinary line up of speakers and a joy to moderate the session.
The story of frequent persistence of #SARSCoV2 in multiple organs after mild Covid keeps getting stronger, and correlates (odds ratio >5) with symptoms of #LongCovid
🆕The Lancet Infectious Diseases
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
'I don't have to choose between my values and my desire for connection.” Clean Air Club still cares about COVID—and wants safer concerts. Learn how their Chicago-based organizing work helped create a global wave of clean air initiatives for artists. tnvge.co/dbLwGYk
1/ World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report on updated terminology for disease transmission
I've seen some debate about it. My take:
- Terminology itself is ok. Big progress
- But no recommendations of how to protect!
Report: who.int/publications/m…
Press release: who.int/news/item/18-0…
I know #LongCovid twitter has been buzzing today bc Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli has unambiguously named viral persistence as a driver of LC pathobiology. I’m thrilled to see this too and I view it as an historic moment. However, today I’d like to do a little Amy Proal, PhD appreciation post 1/
If you know of a scientist deserving of one of our honorific awards for 2025, now’s the time to nominate them. Nominations close 1 May 2024. science.org.au/2025-awards-fu… #StarsOfScience ⭐