Continuing a series of regular updates of health and medical reading at The Conversation… Fron Jackson-Webb writes: Here are some our health and medical highlights from the past fortni... Read more
At the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) conference in Darwin today, there is due to be an update from the Climate Change Working Group. Professor Tony Capon, who resigned as c... Read more
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, whose recent statement on climate change is generating some heat for the College, says it will be releasing a statement later today to respond t... Read more
In recent days, Croakey has been checking out rumours of significant discontent with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians recent statement on climate change (it can be downloaded her... Read more
Croakey contributors and readers – you now have another place to find in-depth discussion of public interest issues, including health and medical matters. Meet The Conversation, which is pro... Read more
Thanks to the Climate and Health Alliance for allowing this cross-post. Fiona Armstrong, founder and convenor of the Climate and Health Alliance, writes: The Senate’s passing of the fl... Read more
In the wake of floods and other disasters, debate about the flood levy, looming budget cuts, and questions about the future of national health reform, there are concerns that a vital but oft... Read more
Hopefully, some nimble-footed researchers are gearing up to seize the opportunity (perhaps not quite the right word) afforded by the flooding that is now devastating Queensland and parts of... Read more
Governments have many arms and often they are working at cross-purposes. Food policy has a long history of arm-wrestling between not only the various sectors but also the government agencies... Read more
The death of one of Australia’s great medical scientists, Emeritus Professor Frank Fenner, has, not surprisingly, made international headlines. In 2007, I had the pleasure of interviewing Fe... Read more
