Ahead of Rare Disease Day on 28 February, public health practitioner Siân Slade reviews a book released last year, Mackenzie’s Mission, which she says illustrates the power of people to effe... Read more
In a timely wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett presents the arguments for a national approach to hotel quarantine, sounds the alarm on misinformation, and shares some useful commu... 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
In a timely wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on wide-ranging investigations into the nature of COVID-19 and its management. How did it all begin? A World Health Organiza... Read more
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
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Last week,... 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
In her final COVID wrap for the year, public health researcher Alison Barrett provides an update on vaccine developments, reports on a study of “wounded healers”, and brings some... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell raises questions about the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, reviews some pandemic communications lessons, and r... 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
