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The Health Wrap: global health perspectives and the latest on obesity, wellbeing budgets and more

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Lesley Russellon: January 02, 2021In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, health inequalities, Indigenous health, public health, Summer reading 2020-2021, The Health Wrap

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

The Health Wrap: United States election fallout continues amidst out-of-control pandemic, rebuilding trust in science, why Mozart is music to surgeons’ ears, and much more

Editor: Nicole MacKeeAuthor: Lesley Russellon: November 17, 2020In: #CroakeyLIVE #USvotesHealth, climate change, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, CroakeyNews, global health, The Health Wrap

In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks back on an extraordinary fortnight in United States politics as Trump refuses to concede defeat in the US... Read more

What Biden and Harris promise for health, climate change, COVID-19, racial justice, media freedom and more

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Marie McInerneyon: November 11, 2020In: climate change, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, media-related issues, public health, Public health and population health, public interest journalism, Social determinants of health

President-elect Joe Biden has hit the ground running this week following his momentous win over US President Donald Trump, along with the historic election of his Vice-President-elect Kamala... Read more

“You chose hope and unity, decency, science and, yes, truth”

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Lesley Russellon: November 08, 2020In: @WePublicHealth2020, #CroakeyLIVE #USvotesHealth, climate change, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, global health, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, justice, poverty, public health, Public health and population health, racism, Social determinants of health

Introduction by Croakey: United States President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to “restore the soul of America”, putting action on the coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis, racial injustic... Read more

Stark difference: What the US election will mean for Australian and international science

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Chris Anderson, Stuart Barrow and Jana Phanon: November 03, 2020In: #CroakeyLIVE #USvotesHealth, 2019-20 climate bushfire emergency, climate change, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, Elections and budgets, extreme weather events, global health, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, public health, Public health and population health, social policy

It is unusual for the Australian Academy of Science to wade in on a United States presidential election, but the 2020 vote, now well underway, is not only critical for US science, but for in... Read more

Dr Anthony Fauci on politicising public health, lessons from HIV, and COVID challenges to come

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Marie McInerneyon: November 01, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, Ebola, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, human rights, prevention, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health

Register here to attend a #CroakeyLIVE event covering breaking news from the United States election – from 3pm AEDT on Wednesday, 4 November. Just days out from the United States presidentia... Read more

The Health Wrap: US election, coronavirus in the US, Africa & Israel, healthy stores, Indigenous evaluation strategy and more

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Lesley Russellon: November 01, 2020In: 2019-20 climate bushfire emergency, climate change, Global health and climate change, health reform, Healthcare and health reform, The Health Wrap

In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks at the ongoing cost of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, successes and new risks in Africa, a... Read more

COVID-19 wrap: antiviral drugs trial, mental health, asymptomatic infections and the role of GPs in long-term care

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Alison Barretton: October 21, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, COVIDwrap, general practice, Global health and climate change, health and medical research, Healthcare and health reform, mental health, primary health care, Public health and population health

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

The Health Wrap: misinformation, pregnancy and birth, disability, access to healthcare, and the importance of leeches

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Lesley Russellon: October 16, 2020In: child health, climate change, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, Federal Budget 2020-21, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, public health, Public health and population health, The Conversation, The Health Wrap, women's health

In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell explores coronavirus misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic... Read more

At a critical time for global health, join the USvotesHealth conversations

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Lesley Russellon: October 12, 2020In: #CroakeyLIVE #USvotesHealth, climate change, global health

No election in modern times has EVER been more important – for the United States and for the world.” That’s the word from Bruce Wolpe, a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the United States Stu... Read more