An epic tour of towns and cities, mapping health benefits and challenges
Last week at Croakey’s rotational Twitter account @WePublicHealth, Dr Jason Thompson, a Senior Resea... Read more
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In this fortnight’s edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell ponders the reporting of the Australian bushfire crisis in the US and climate change mitigation strategies in Colorado. She exa... Read more
Wild winds and wet weather did not dampen Dr Lesley Russell’s enthusiasm for a trek amid stunning views on the famous Queen Charlotte Track, although she did end up quite a “bedraggled cre... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The wide-ranging impacts of the traumatic bushfire season will be expressed in many ways, including through increased demand for health and social services, the stories that a... Read more
In a massive week of activism for action on climate change, we were lucky to have two of the leadership team of The Climate and Health Alliance – @healthy_climate – on deck at at Croakey’s rotational... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: On the home front this week, RACGP president, Dr Harry Nespolon, has called for the implementation of a national pandemic plan in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)... Read more
As a major new report warns that the world’s children face a grim future due to the climate emergency and other existential threats, a group of eminent Australians has launched a Safe Climate Declarat... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Political strategists are bound to be interrogating the findings of a new Australian National University study, Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As flagged at Croakey last week, the justifiable dismay at the failure of progress revealed in the recent Closing the Gap report, was tempered by cautious optimism that an agr... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Amid efforts to reduce the health system’s carbon footprint, it’s worth nothing that the health sector probably boasts more frequent flyers than many other areas o... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Midnight Oil frontman, long-term environment campaigner and former Labor Environment Minister Peter Garrett has called for Australia to go onto a “war footing” in... Read more
Featuring: air pollution
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On so many pressing local and global health issues, “we must do better”
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As climate change strikes harder than expected, emergency medicine doctors press for action
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Why it is imperative to start now to study and research the long-term health effects from bushfires
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Ongoing hazardous air pollution events expose need for whole of government response to protect health
