News: COVID-19

Decoding humans’ survival from coronaviruses

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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.

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.