News: COVID-19

Decoding humans’ survival from coronaviruses

Image of (up close) pink corona virus
Posted on Jun 25 2021 by Kelly Brown

An international team of researchers co-led by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and the University of Arizona has analysed the genomes of more than 2,500 modern humans from 26 worldwide populations, to better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.

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Latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway at ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Airport

Six dogs have commenced research trials at ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Airport to determine the feasibility of deploying dogs to detect COVID-19.
Posted on Jun 17 2021 by Elisa Black

Six dogs, including four Australian Border Force (ABF) detector dogs, one South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) dog and one dog from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É (gifted by the ABF), have commenced research trials at ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Airport to determine the feasibility of deploying dogs to detect COVID-19.