A consortium of organisations from around the world, including Doherty Institute, are partnering with Pacific Island countries to address the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Find out more about COMBAT-AMR: doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne… The Royal Melbourne Hospital University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS

#EXCLUSIVE from Ben Doherty: Author and journalist Behrouz Boochani, who became the voice of those incarcerated on Manus Island in Australia's punitive offshore detention system, has had his refugee status formally recognised by New Zealand theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…

Northern California Esselen tribe regains ancestral land after 250 years theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

Australia is sending an AUSMAT medical team to Papua New Guinea to support our neighbour as it manages a rise in COVID-19 cases. We will get through this together. 🇦🇺🇵🇬 #PNGAusPartnership Link to statement: bit.ly/3hPValm

Absolutely incredible although the way this year is going, idk maybe we could just leave the ancient underwater microbes alone--at least until 2021 Bacteria dug up from beneath the seabed may be 100 million years old newscientist.com/article/225003…

The Lacks Family CELLebrating Henrietta Lacks' 100th birthday! We will Henrietta Lacks CELLebrate HeLa for her #HeLa100 all year long!

So disturbing to see how human rights continue to be eroded for #asylumseekers CONREP - Refugee Externalisation Policy Network Sara Dehm Anthea Vogl Angeline Ferdinand CONREP - Refugee Externalisation Policy Network

These dogs are trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate theconversation.com/these-dogs-are… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Man's death at Melbourne detention centre rocks fellow detainees theage.com.au/national/victo… via The Age

Will it ever end? Holding out for the ‘other side’ - an article by Jodie McVernon, she tells us to hold tight, just for a bit longer. doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne… Melbourne School of Population and Global Health UniMelb MDHS UniMelb Newsroom The Royal Melbourne Hospital

It's important to include the name of those who have died at the hands of Australian border control. These deaths need to be humanised, acknowledged, remembered and paid respect. Our Border Deaths database records border deaths in this manner, as humanely as possible.

Very proud of this publication on #racism and avoidance reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability with Jeromey Temple, @ScottTheHolWrld, Margaret Kelaher Yin Paradies and Heather Wong onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Join us in taking action to oppose the bill that is before Parliament this week, a bill that allows the confiscation of mobile phones from people in detention. The bill will give Dutton even more unchecked power and must be opposed. action.asrc.org.au/phones-are-a-l…

Shout out to a WSU colleague, @ScottTheHolWrld! Report finds Indigenous people with a disability are more likely to experience discrimination | NITV sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2… via NITV

Don’t be fooled - there is NO need for the current bill to be passed. It simply increases the power of Petaren’t Dutton and further reduces his accountability. The bill must be opposed #NoPhonesNoLife

Many thanks to UoM School of Social and Political Sciences for publishing our article on #refugees in detention and Australia's double standards on #Covid19: arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-soci… @pbmurray1 Claire Loughnan

Pathogen #Genomics in Public HeAlth Surveillance Evaluation (PG-PHASE) Framework to guide examination of use of #WGS in public health surveillance & disease control – Ferdinand, Howden, Williamson &co. Benjamin Howden @DrDebwilliamson Doherty Institute bit.ly/3xbpb6u

Published in Genome Medicine today - Doherty Institute & Melbourne School of Population and Global Health researchers have developed a critical framework to examine use of whole-genome sequencing in public health surveillance and disease control. Angeline Ferdinand UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne…

Learning about the harrowing history of the Manus Island Detention Centre and the suffering of those imprisoned there under Australian policy at the #AgainstErasure launch Claire Loughnan