Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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COVID-19 misinformation in Australia: key groups and trends over time in a national longitudinal survey (Preprint)
Published 2021BACKGROUND: Misinformation about COVID-19 is common and has been spreading rapidly across the globe through social media platforms and other information systems. Understanding what the public knows about COVID-19 and ...Article -
The severity of the pathogen-induced acute sickness response is affected by polymorphisms in genes of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway
Published 2021The acute sickness response (ASR) is a stereotyped set of symptoms including fatigue, pain, and disturbed mood, which are present in most acute infections. The immunological mechanisms of the ASR are conserved, with ...Article -
The impact of disability on employment and financial security following the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.
Published 2021BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have a greater impact on people with disabilities than non-disabled people. Our aim was to compare the short-term impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and ...Article -
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the well‐being of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their parents
Published 2021AIMS: To examine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child mental health and socio-emotional and physical well-being (including sleep, diet, exercise, use of electronic media; care giver perceptions of symptoms of child ...Article -
How should we conduct pandemic vaccination?
Published 2021Vaccination plays an important role in pandemic planning and response. The possibility of developing an effective vaccine for a novel pandemic virus is not assured. However, as we have seen with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, ...Article