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 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
COVID-19 slashed health-care use by more than one-third across the globe. But the news isn’t all bad
From early in the pandemic health authorities have been warning Australians not to neglect their regular health care, amid a worrying decline in screening for breast, bowel and cervical canc... Read more
The Federal Government’s refusal to enable access to Medicare funding to the overwhelmingly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth detainees at Darwin’s Don Dale Detention Centre calls... Read more
Victoria has continued to drive down its coronavirus second wave this week but worldwide coronavirus cases exceeded 40 million, amid record one-day increases in new infections. The United St... Read more
Introduction by Amy Coopes: There is mounting concern about the novel coronavirus in New South Wales, with the state experiencing a slow uptick in cases and community transmission that has s... Read more
Innovation in health services and new forms of collaboration are some of the lesser-known spinoffs of the pandemic in Victoria, according to Tom Symondson, Chief Executive of the Victorian H... Read more
How do presidential contenders Donald Trump and Joe Biden stack up when it comes to COVID-19? How will the pandemic continue to affect us, even if a vaccine is developed? And how are bilbies... Read more
One of the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that the wider health system has much to learn from the successes of the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO) sector... Read more
In the latest edition of the COVID-19 wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on emerging evidence around the needs of COVID “long-haulers” and other recent publica... Read more
