Marie McInerney writes: Health Minister Greg Hunt this week famously declared “the eagle has landed”, as the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine touched down on Monday. He... Read more
Calls in Australia and globally for governments to enact austerity policies to claw back their outlays on COVID-19 responses should cause deep concern, according to a recent letter to The Me... 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
The Health Wrap by Associate Professor Lesley Russell returns for 2021 with a big review of 2020 and the lessons to be learnt from the coronavirus pandemic, plus a close look at vaccines and... Read more
In this comprehensive LongRead below, solicitor and Medicare scholar Margaret Faux and health informatician and clinical coder Heather Grain warn that the MBS Review Taskforce proposal for G... Read more
Almost one-third of GP visits in NSW during 2020 were via telehealth, new research shows, and doctors say their patients won’t go back to in-person only consultations. In the article below,... Read more
Recommendations for addressing the grief, bereavement and mental health consequences of COVID-19 have been put forward in a new paper launched last week at an online Parliamentary Friends of... Read more
Jennifer Doggett writes: Scott Morrison has called the final report of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the economic impact of mental ill health “the most comprehensive report of i... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The COVID-19 pandemic has, among much else, brought home the real risk of patient harm, according to a new report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and... Read more
Marie McInerney writes Victoria on Wednesday reported just three new cases of COVID-19, down from its daily peak of 725 cases in early August — an achievement that is being hailed by many e... Read more
