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The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network has launched an E-petition calling for the termination of the Force Posture Agreement. Bevan Ramsden reports.

The hard men of the US war machine are making themselves comfortable Down Under. Welcome to the forever AUKUS agreement.

A new study examined whether SARS-CoV-2 infections in England varied by vaccination status, in cases with a previous COVID-19 positive test report individual, and by neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, across the Delta and Omicron waves.

From January to May 2021 the alpha variant (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2 was the most commonly detected variant in the UK. Following this, the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) then became the predominant variant. The UK COVID-19 vaccination programme started on 8th December 2020. Prior to the Delta variant, most vaccine effectiveness studies focused on the alpha variant. We therefore aimed to estimate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines in...

While you shouldnt expect James Bond to become a TV show any time soon, that doesnt mean it hasnt been attempted. Those tryouts yielded some very interesting results.

Mass testing in Liverpool cut cases and spread of coronavirus Study finds pioneering pilot led to 21% reduction in cases compared with other areas Liverpool was the first city to pilot mass testing (Image: Getty Images) Liverpools pioneering mass testing pilot led to a reduction of more than a fifth of Covid-19 cases. An evaluation of the citys SMART community testing pilot, which got underway in November last year, has found it had a positive impact on reducing the spread of the virus. Liverpo...