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  • Tsirtsakis, A, COVID outbreaks increase urgency of PPE fit-testing for GPs, newsGP (29 Jun 2021)
  • Healey, R, COVID-19 vaccine: supporting regional refugee communities, MJA Insight+ (7 June 2021)
  • MacIntyre, R, Miller, A, & McEniery, J, COVID-19 vaccine end game and why children matter, MJA Insight+ (7 June 2021)
  • Swannell, C, Brace for a major COVID-19 outbreak, MJA Insight+ (7 June 2021)  
  • McNamara, M, COVID-19 insights from the 45 and Up Study, MJA Insight+ (10 May 2021)
  • Thompson, R, and Lloyd, T, COVID vaccine may lead to a harmless lump in your armpit, so women advised to delay mammograms for 6 weeks, The Conversation (23 April)
  • Doherty, P, COVID-19 vaccines and influenza vaccines: Part 4 – the future and other formulations, Doherty Institute (29 March 2021)
  • Dudgeon, P, et al, Impact of COVID-19 on suicide prevention in Aboriginal peoples, MJA InSight+ (29 March 2021)
  • Wilson, A, 10 lessons the prevention community can take from Australia’s COVID-19 response, Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (29 March)
  • Strenger, R, and Colburn, I, Developmental Disabilities, COVID-19, and Cancer: Creating a Model of Flexible Comprehensive Care, ASCO Daily News (25 March)
  • Oncology News, Rise in brain metastases detected in patients with Stage IV NSCLC during COVID-19 pandemic, ESMO (24 March 2021)
  • Oncology News, Factors associated with COVID-19 severity among patients with cancer, ESMO (22 March 2021)
  • El Saghir, N S, How We Oncologists Have Become COVID Clinical Specialists! ASCO Connection (11 March 2021)
  • News Centre, Delaying second vaccine dose leaves cancer patients vulnerable to virus, King’s College London (11 March 2021)
  • Swannell, C, Lived experience informs COVID-19 impacts for First Nations, MJA InSight+ (1 March 2021)
  • Chan, J, and Truong, M, Diversity and COVID-19 vaccine rollout: we can’t fix what we can’t see, MJA InSight+ (22 February 2021)
  • Ieraci, S, Some practical answers to COVID-19 vaccine questions, MJA InSight+ (22 February 2021)
  • Carroll, G, Patients With Colorectal Cancer Acutely Affected by Delays in Care During COVID-19 Pandemic, ASCO Daily News (11 January 2021)
  • Warner, ET, COVID-19–Related Disruptions to Cancer Screenings (in the USA), ASCO Daily News (7 January 2021)
  • Carroll, G, COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Oncologists and Patients With Cancer, ASCO Daily News (6 January 2021)
  • Sorrell, T, et al, Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do, The Conversation (15 December 2020)
  • Chua, J, Unsung heroes: Australian GP response to COVID-19, MJA InSight+ (14 December 2020)
  • Doherty, P, Pathogenesis, infection and the ecosystem within, Doherty Institute (14 December 2020)
  • MacKee, N, COVID-19: we’ve done well but the race isn’t over, MJA InSight+ (14 December 2020)
  • Trauer, J, et al, Beware winter 2021: lessons from Victoria’s second COVID-19 wave, MJA InSight+ (14 December 2020) 
  • Galloway, SK, et al, Cancer and COVID-19: Recognizing and Treating Heightened Distress, ASCO Daily News (10 December 2020)
  • Morgan, K, Addressing Mental Distress Among Health Care Workers During COVID-19: How to Better Support the Oncology Workforce, ASCO Daily News (9 December 2020)
  • Cowie, B and Revill, P, Community, collaboration and a cascade of care: What viral hepatitis can teach us about COVID-19, Doherty Institute (25 November 2020)
  • Sax Institute, Rapid-response surveys set to provide a powerful resource for COVID-19 research (17 November)
  • Barr, I, What influenza can teach us about COVID-19, Doherty Institute (11 November 2020) 
  • Wu, K, et al, Clinical Decisions: Elective Surgery during the Covid-19 Pandemic interactive feature, NEJM (29 October 2020)
  • Duckett, S, and Crowley, T, Finally at zero new cases, Victoria is on top of the world after unprecedented lockdown effort, The Conversation (26 October 2020) 
  • Levine, O, Gawande, A, et al, A safer world starts with strong primary healthcare, BMJ Opinion (26 October 2020)
  • Ramsdale, E, Mohile, S, et al, COVID-19, Cancer and the Older Adult, ASCO Post (25 October 2020)
  • Rees, M, and Trask, N, It is scary enough being treated for COVID-19 – why would a patient also consider being part of a research trial? ASCOT COVID-19 Trial blog (22 October 2020)
  • Foy, M, The Evolution of Radiation Oncology Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, ASCO Daily News (14 October 2020)
  • Delany, C, Understanding and addressing moral distress caused by COVID-19, MPCCC (30 September 2020)
  • Clinical Trials Arena, Global Trials disrupted due to Covid-19 steadily resuming (24 September)
  • George institute, COVID pushing more people to ditch the smokes, new study suggests (22 September 2020)
  • Redman, S, and Nutbeam, D, Systematically capturing what the pandemic can teach us will support long-term health system change, Sax Institute (20 September 2020)
  • Williams, L, Oncologist Wellbeing Tested by the COVID-19 Pandemic, OncologyPRO (20 September 2020)  
  • ScienceDaily, Study sheds light on cancer treatment, COVID-19 (19 September 2020)
  • Londsale, E, After years of waiting for action on chronic disease prevention, COVID-19 provides an opportunity, Croakey (15 September 2020)
  • Doherty, P, Reinfection in COVID-19: part one, Doherty Institute (7 September 2020)
  • Mislang, A, Managing Cancer in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic, The ASCO Post (25 August 2020) 
  • Cairns, W, COVID-19 as an evolutionary event, MJA Insight+ (24 August 2020) 
  • Duckett, S, Waves of equity in the coronavirus pandemic, Grattan Institute (24 August 2020) 
  • Oncology News, Building capacity for cancer care during COVID-19, interview with Prof Bogda Koczwara (18 August 2020)
  • ASCO International Affairs Committee, COVID-19 Impact and Perspectives ASCO Connection (7 August 2020)
  • Renault, M, The Unique Devastation of Cancer in a Pandemic, Elemental online (6 minute read, 6 August 2020)
  • Southall, J, Hydroxychloroquine regimens for COVID-19 linked to mortality risk for patients with cancer, HemOnc online (3 minute read, 5 August 2020)
  • Joseph, A, A huge experiment: How the world made so much progress on a COVID-19 vaccine so fast, STAT News (30 July 2020)
  • Branswell, H, COVID-19 vaccines may cause mild side effects, experts say, stressing need for education, not alarm, STAT News (27 July 2020)
  • McCredie, J, COVID-19’s public profile risks monopoly of focus, MJA Insight (27 July 2020)
  • Pittet, D, and Peters, A, COVID-19 and health care environmental hygiene, MJA Insight (27 July 2020)
  • Wark, P, Here’s what we know so far about the long-term symptoms of COVID-19, The Conversation (27 July 2020)
  • Loh, E, and Fleming, D, COVID-19: ethical principles for resource allocation, MJA Insight (20 July 2020)
  • Nasir, BF, Brennan-Olsen, S, and Toombs, M, Indigenous mental health research and COVID-19, MJA Insight (20 July 2020)
  • Petrie, K, and Harvey, S, COVID-19: How do we keep doctors’ mental health safe? MJA Insight (20 July 2020)
  • Heywood, A, and MacIntyre, CR, Eradication, elimination, suppression: let’s understand what they mean before debating Australia’s course, The Conversation (16 July 2020)
  • Lewin, E, COVID-19 should be considered a ‘multi-system disease’: Expert, News GP (15 July 2020)
  • Hendrie, D, Should Australia switch from suppression to elimination? News GP (14 July 2020)
  • Woodley, M, More evidence suggests no long-term COVID-19 immunity, News GP (13 July 2020)
  • Doherty, P, Lessons learned from the first six months of COVID-19: part two, Doherty Institute (13 July 2020)
  • Doherty, P, Lessons learned from the first six months of COVID-19: part one, Doherty Institute (6 July 2020)
  • Sarcevic, A, Artificial Intelligence on the COVID-19 frontline and beyond, Hospital and Healthcare (10 July)
  • Nutbeam, D, COVID-19: lessons in risk communication and public trust, Public Health Research and Practice (Perspectives, published 30 June 2020)
  • Krogan, K, Coronavirus and cancer hijack the same parts in human cells to spread – and our team identified existing cancer drugs that could fight COVID-19, The Conversation (published online 29 June 2020)
  • National Cancer Institute staff, Responding to Coronavirus, Cancer Researchers Reimagine Clinical Trials, NCI News (blog post 29 June 2020)
  • Fox, J S, A hidden danger of COVID‐19, MJA (published online 28 June 2020)
  • Slattery, C, NCDs and COVID-19: Using law to act on NCDs during the pandemic, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (24 June)
  • Zomerdijk, N, COVID-19 and cancer care, Pursuit (University of Melbourne, 16 June 2020)
  • Mukherjee, S (moderator), Can a Vaccine for COVID-19 be developed in record time? New York Times (online discussion 9 June 2020)
  • Carroll, G, The Critical Role of Journals as Trusted Sources of COVID-19 Research, ASCO Connection (3 June 2020)
  • Unger, JM, et al, Association of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak With Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials, JAMA Network Open (research letter, published online 1 June 2020) 
  • Veccia A, et al, Nasopharyngeal swab or clinical-radiological evidence: the dark side of the moon for cancer patients in the COVID-19 era, Future Oncology (editorial, published online 26 May 2020)
  • Thakker, A, An Oncology Trainee’s Perspective in New York City During COVID-19: Stories From the Front Line, ASCO Connection (blog post 20 May 2020)
  • Sax Institute, How the 45 and Up Study can shape COVID-19 research (interview, published 20 May 2020)
  • Sansom-Daly, U, and Ford, C, Could the COVID-19 lockdown solve one of the persistent barriers to gender equity in research? Oncology News (commentary, published online 19 May 2020)
  • Sullivan, RJ, et al, COVID-19 and immune checkpoint inhibitors: initial considerations, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (commentary, published online 19 May 2020)
  • Cheyne, H, et al, COVID-19: Why are people dying alone? BMJ Global Health (blog post 18 May 2020)
  • Daube, M, and Moodie, R, Exit strategy: we can do it for COVID-19, why not tobacco? MJA Insight (published online 18 May 2020)
  • Gawande, A, Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Reëntry, New Yorker (published 13 May 2020)
  • Silva, S, Nick Pavlakis: how lung cancer care has changed in the era of COVID-19, The Limbic (interview, published online 13 May 2020)
  • Roberts, DM, and Bennett, A, COVID-19 and the quality use of medicines: evidence, risks and fads, Australian Prescriber (editorial 8 May 2020)
  • Warriner, J, The rise of telehealth in the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a permanent shift in healthcare, ABC News (published online 6 May 2020)
  • Bilgi, S, Supportive Cancer Care and COVID-19: Experiences from a MASCC Member on the Front Lines in Mumbai, India, MASCC (blog post 4 May 2020)
  • Cairns, W, and Coghlan, R, COVID-19’s ethical dilemmas: conversations at the dinner table, MJA Insight Plus (published online 4 May 2020)
  • Flora, D, A Prescription for Managing Fear and Chaos in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Let Our Patients Teach Us, ASCO Connection (30 April 2020)
  • Howse, E, et al, Chronic disease, health equity and COVID-19, Intouch Public Health (published online 30 April 2020)
  • IJzerman, M, and Emery, J, Is a delayed cancer diagnosis as consequence of COVID-19? University of Melbourne Pursuit (30 April 2020)
  • Srivastava, R, Stay calm and banish fear: an Australian doctor’s first day treating COVID-19 patients, The Guardian (29 April 2020)
  • Saina, K, et al, Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer treatment and research, Lancet Haematology (comment, published online 24 April 2020)
  • Morgan, K, How COVID-19 Further Complicates Cancer Care in Rural Areas: A Medical Oncologist’s Experience in Montana, ASCO Daily News (published online 15 April 2020)
  • Paarraki, L, et al, COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem, The Lancet (comment, open access, published online 14 April 2020)
  • Patt, D, Using Clinical Informatics to Navigate a Crisis: How Technology and Policy Change Can Influence Cancer Care Delivery, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics no 4 (published online 13 April 2020)
  • Shanafelt, T, Ripp, J, and Trockel, M, Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic, JAMA (opinion, published online 7 April 2020)
  • Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Managing cancer during a pandemic (editorial, published online 6 April 2020)
  • Tieman, J, Providing guidance for Palliative Care and COVID-19, CareSearch (blog post, 3 April 2020)
  • ASCO Connection, Experiences With Cancer Care and COVID-19 From Your Colleagues Around the World (2 April 2020)
  • Powell, K, Science-ing from home, Nature (26 March 2020)
  • Srivastava, R, Which cancer patients should be continuing chemotherapy during the coronavirus? The Guardian (24 March 2020)
  • Bardelli, A, Coronavirus lockdown: What I learnt when I shut my cancer lab in 48 hours, Nature (19 March 2020)

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