Article 6DTF2 Mary-Louise McLaws, epidemiologist who guided Australia through Covid, dies aged 70 from brain cancer

Mary-Louise McLaws, epidemiologist who guided Australia through Covid, dies aged 70 from brain cancer

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Natasha May and Melissa Davey
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Health minister says professor and WHO advisor was an incredibly calm, articulate voice at a time that was very frightening'

Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, the epidemiologist who guided Australians through the Covid-19 pandemic, has died at the age of 70 from brain cancer.

McLaws died in her sleep on Saturday night, her husband Richard Flook said in a statement to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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