Amid widespread concerns about Australia’s COVID vaccination rollout, the Health Issues Centre is holding an online forum tomorrow (6 May) to address the general public’s questions aro... Read more
The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has raised serious concerns about the Australian Government’s decision to introduce a ban on all flights from India and draconian pena... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As the 2021 Federal Budget looms, hopes will rise that the Federal Government will act on all the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of inquiries and inve... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A group of international researchers is calling for urgent changes in public health policies to reflect “ten streams of evidence” that they say collectively support... Read more
Amid rising long-term use of antidepressants globally, a new Cochrane review has found there is little high quality evidence on safe and effective approaches to stopping treatment. Cochrane... Read more
Ahead of a looming 19 April deadline for submissions on the draft National Preventive Health Strategy, a leading public health expert has urged a focus on equity and chronic disease. Profess... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A committee of the NSW Parliament will hold public hearings next week into a Bill with potentially serious negative consequences for transgender and gender diverse s... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Amid widespread concern and confusion about the changing COVID vaccination situation and headlines about a “bungled” vaccine rollout, we need clear, calm messaging t... Read more
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are major issues in Australia and globally, as has been highlighted in Croakey’s TOO MUCH of a Good Thing series, published as a collaboration between W... Read more
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
