Tag: influenza
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PHAA members’ review of books – The Great Influenza (2004)
The Great Influenza by John M Barry (published 2004). Reviewed by Deborah Hilton and Natasha Hilton (above, right) In The Great Influenza, John M Barry describes the so-called Spanish ‘flu of 1918-19 as the ‘deadliest plague in history’. A historical account of various scientists and academics is given, mentioning methods and…
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How we built FluTracking
Craig Dalton and Sandra Carlson FluTracking is an online weekly survey of respiratory symptoms that has tracked influenza from 2006 and then COVID-19 during the pandemic. It had a peak weekly participant count of over 150,000 people across Australia and New Zealand in 2021 and has expanded to Hong Kong…
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It’s that time of year again. New survey reveals where Aussies get their flu shots
Public Health Association of Australia Winter is coming…and every year influenza causes thousands of hospitalisations and hundreds of deaths in Australia, though 2020 was an outlier in this regard as COVID restrictions led to a significant decline in influenza cases nationally. Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to…