As this week’s Queensland COVID-19 outbreak and snap lockdown shine a spotlight on glitches and failures in Australia’s vaccine rollout, the latest COVID-19 Wrap has an important focus... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Several important commitments for public health have been made ahead of next Saturday’s Western Australian election (13 March), for which almost one-quarter of... Read more
In recent weeks, emergency medicine specialist Dr Simon Judkins has been asking colleagues about their key climate change and health concerns for his new column, Out of the Box. Simon Judkin... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many in mental health were or would have been exhausted at the news last week that a Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has been set up in Fede... Read more
Out of the Box is a new column at Croakey from emergency medicine specialist Dr Simon Judkins that will explore climate-related issues through a health lens. In his first column, Judkins ref... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Lives were lost and homes and buildings destroyed in the 2019-2020 bushfires, one of the worst Australian seasons on record. New research into the Victorian bushfire... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... 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
COVID-19 slashed health-care use by more than one-third across the globe. But the news isn’t all bad
From early in the pandemic health authorities have been warning Australians not to neglect their regular health care, amid a worrying decline in screening for breast, bowel and cervical canc... Read more
