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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities “must not become the norm”.
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Analysis and opinion | 24 Mar 2020
Why our unis are essential to beating COVID-19
Society is relying on its universities and medical research institutes to develop vaccines, tests and public health measures to combat COVID-19.
Analysis and opinion | 20 Mar 2020
Coronavirus will devastate Aboriginal communities if we don’t act now
We need to ensure the most vulnerable people in our communities aren’t left behind.
Analysis and opinion | 18 Mar 2020
Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety
None of us are immune to the pervading sense of anxiety that has taken hold around the world.
Analysis and opinion | 5 Feb 2020
Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge
Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge
Analysis and opinion | 14 Jan 2020
Car accidents, drownings, violence: hotter temperatures will mean more deaths from injury
In research published today in Nature Medicine, researchers in the United States looked at the impact warmer temperatures will have on deaths from injury.
Analysis and opinion | 22 Jul 2019
First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners
A small group of male prisoners has participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre, which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra.
Analysis and opinion | 14 May 2019
How do we go on?
Paralysed by climate despair, I’m finding it hard to think about the end of the world and what to make for dinner – but I know where to look for help.
Analysis and opinion | 8 Apr 2019
Gender imbalance in surgery: we must focus on the future
Why has gender discrimination proved difficult to overcome in surgery?
Analysis and opinion | 25 Jun 2015
Climate change a health emergency
The world's leading medical journal The Lancet has released a special report on climate change and its impact on human health, describing global warming as a health emergency.