Introduction by Croakey: Urgent action is needed to address the national emergency of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody, with five such deaths recorded since June, acco... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Hundreds of leading public health, nursing, midwifery and medical experts and organisations have signed an open letter urging the Federal Government to modify new res... Read more
Kristine Olaris writes: As Scott Morrison reshapes the COVID-19 Commission tasked with providing confidential advice to cabinet on economic recovery, I can’t help but ask – what are the cha... Read more
*** This article was updated on 6 July with additional tweets and statements from the health sector *** The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for a pause in the easing of COVID... Read more
The pandemic has brought many stresses for health professionals and service providers, and more support is needed for the domestic violence workforce, who are under increased pressure, accor... Read more
In the article below, University of Sydney Public Health Professor Alexandra Barratt explores the contention around the AgeX trial, the biggest randomised trial ever, which is considering ho... Read more
Pandemic lockdown policies focusing on traditional families and households can result in single people effectively living in solitary confinement, writes Dr Zoë Sofoulis of Western Sydney Un... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The coronavirus pandemic – and the resulting global recession – is going to have a devastating and destabilising effect on the world’s poorest countries, a senior Un... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Over the weekend, the UK became the latest jurisdiction to report a surge of domestic domestic and family violence during the COVID-19 crisis, with massive increases... Read more
The Australian Government is moving towards funding telehealth more widely, and some governments have started using SMS to keep people informed. But the moves are slow, way slower than in ma... Read more
