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Health by Sue Dunlevy Premium Content   Exclusive: Australian researchers have turned a cheap 100 year blood thinning drug into a nasal spray that could block COVID-19, stop it spreading and treat the illness. The team of Melbourne scientists, which includes Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton, is seeking funding to test the product, containing the blood thinning medication heparin, on people in hotel quarantine - to see if it works. It comes as human trials begin to gauge whether AstraZeneca's COVID-19 injection also works as a nasal spray. ...

Cosmos Q&A: vaccines, antivirals and why you should get a jab Credit: Malte Mueller / Getty Images. Australia’s COVID vaccination program has been announced and will soon begin. While most people welcome COVID vaccines, concerns linger over the speed at which they’ve been created and the new technologies used in their development. We asked Dr Rob Grenfell, CSIRO’s Health Director, Health & Biosecurity, to tell us about COVID vaccines (and other treatments) and explain why it’s a good idea to get vaccinated. Is it right to say that vaccination is the only thing at our disposal for figh...

One of Australia’s top medical experts says the Pfizer vaccine will likely ‘be OK’ despite nearly 30 Norwegians dying after taking the jab.

Senior CSIRO Health and Biosecurity director​​ Dr Rob Grenfell says the Norwegian deaths need to be put in context.

A senior CSIRO Health and Biosecurity director has insisted the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is safe for Aust...