Introduction by Croakey: Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced yesterday that the Federal Government had signed an agreement with UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to manufacture... Read more
Senior doctors from the Albury Wodonga border region warned last weekend that border restrictions put in place by the New South Wales Government to prevent a spread of Victoria’s coron... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Victoria reached another grim coronavirus milestone on Wednesday, with a total of 92 deaths so far due to COVID-19 – more than the rest of Australia combined (84). T... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: There is growing recognition and concern that many people who have contracted COVID-19 are experiencing lasting effects from the infection and treatment – prompting... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Collaboration, communication and adaptability have proven to be crucial skills among national and health care leaders in efforts to confront the myriad challenges pr... Read more
Outpatient care falls between multiple cracks in our health system: hospital/GP, public/private and federal/state. Perhaps for these reasons, this sector has been neglected by governments a... Read more
The curve has flattened, more protective gear is being imported and manufactured locally, and the Federal Government has responded by partially winding back a ban on elective surgery. But wi... Read more
As reported earlier at Croakey, the circumstances surrounding a coronavirus outbreak have thrown North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania, and its staff into the spotlight this week.... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell looks at the pandemic’s intersections with wider determinants of health inequity, the latest news in vaccine development, a... Read more
In an occasional series, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on key public health news, research and developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Impacts of COVID-19 on people experien... Read more
