Calls for urgent action on climate change are growing ever louder across the globe. This week, US President-elect Joe Biden announced plans for a climate summit of the world’s major economie... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As an unprecedented year characterised by the twin public health crises of bushfires and the novel coronavirus pandemic draws to a welcome close in Australia, links... Read more
Australia faces accelerating climate-linked heat and bushfire events yet, despite growing public and media engagement with the issue and a clear opportunity to change course presented by the... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell investigates wide-ranging challenges facing the rollout of COVID vaccines, reports on the latest news in climate... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As parts of Australia sweltered through a record-breaking heatwave on the final weekend of spring, stoking dangerous fire conditions, Victorian chief health officer... Read more
The interconnections between planetary health and human health were under the spotlight at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine’s online conference today – check the Twitter... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Few Australians have been untouched by the devastation caused by the 2019-2020 bushfires. Thirty-three people lost their lives as a direct result of the fires, more... Read more
It is unusual for the Australian Academy of Science to wade in on a United States presidential election, but the 2020 vote, now well underway, is not only critical for US science, but for in... Read more
In a year that started with a bushfire crisis and is ending with a pandemic, the need to improve Australia’s response to natural disasters has never been more urgent. The Royal Commission in... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks at the ongoing cost of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, successes and new risks in Africa, a... Read more
