The introduction of a floor price for alcohol in the Northern Territory has been such a success for public health that it should be brought in more widely across Australia, say the authors o... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Liberal backbencher and prolific Facebook poster Craig Kelly continues to publish misinformation about public health issues, including COVID-19 and climate change, a... Read more
*** This article was updated for clarity at 5.48pm, 17 December 2020. *** Introduction by Croakey: Next April will mark the 30th anniversary of the final report of the Royal Commission into... Read more
In the wake of concerning public health communications lapses and mis-steps in South Australia, the latest COVID-19 Wrap has a timely update on evidence-based communications. Public health r... Read more
Schools have emerged as an important site of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, and need to be a focus of pandemic control measures, according to Dr Zoë Hyde, an epidemiologist... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When Pfizer and BioNTech issued this media release on 9 November, it generated international headlines about an impending COVID-19 vaccine and moved stock markets ar... Read more
Hopes that the United States election would bring a more positive era for global health have been dashed by an election result that is too close to call, despite President Donald Trump false... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a ‘perfect storm’ for the creation and dissemination of disinformation (intentionally misleading), misinformation (unintentionally misleading) and... Read more
Without transparent data and compliance to rights-based policy, people in prison are in danger of being the forgotten and discarded when it comes to COVID-19. The article below, by Dr Tess R... Read more
The upcoming Federal Budget, delivered in the context of a health and economic crisis, provides both challenges and opportunities for health. While spending is expected to be constrained ove... Read more
