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| Subject: Awww: Top statist epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws reveals brain cancer diagnosis Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:47 pm | |
| A familiar face guiding Australia through the last two years of the pandemic, Mary-Louise McLaws has shared her concerning health battle.
One of the country’s top epidemiologists, Mary-Louise McLaws has announced she’s been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The Professor of Epidemiology said she was experiences severe headaches, which led to a diagnosis of a brain tumour.
As a result, Prof McLaws said she would be taking one month of sick leave from UNSW and the World Health Organisation where she works as an adviser on their health emergencies, and infection prevention and control response to Covid-19/.
“After a severe headache Thursday, I was diagnosed with a brain tumour,” she tweeted on Saturday afternoon.
“I will now be on a month’s sick leave from UNSW and WHO. Thank you media for helping me spread knowledge. Now it is time with my family.”
Throughout the pandemic, Prof McLaws has been a familiar face for Australians seeking health advice about Covid-19.
The Sydney-based epidemiologist often took a critical view of the government’s management of the pandemic and regularly called for tightened restrictions in order to curb infections.
.https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/top-epidemiologist-marylouise-mclaws-reveals-brain-cancer-diagnosis/news-story/885c1b0dba65eb572130d3d7bd9a7bd6
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