Health leaders around the world have slammed United States President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization, as previously reported at Croakey. Australia should t... Read more
The spread of COVID-19 around the world has shone a light on overcrowded prisons and, in Australia, the high and growing incarceration rates for First Nations people. In the second of two #C... Read more
In the latest edition of the COVID-19 wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on some recent research findings and releases, including the World Health Organization’s man... Read more
*** This article was updated on 21 May with additional commentary *** Health, aged care, and disability services across Australia are being urged to interrogate their infection control proce... Read more
The mantra of health authorities during the pandemic has been “test, test, test” – but many complexities are involved, report Professor Allen Cheng and Professor Deborah Williamson. Allen Ch... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As the world continues to struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic, health and social impacts, a high profile group called the Commi... Read more
As reported earlier at Croakey, the circumstances surrounding a coronavirus outbreak have thrown North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania, and its staff into the spotlight this week.... Read more
Yesterday, Australians finally got to see the modelling on which our current response to the COVID-19 pandemic is partially based – via a press conference with the Prime Minister and the Chi... Read more
A small silver lining for Australia as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is that we are relatively “late to the party”. We can learn from what has worked, and what has not, in other places... Read more
On 4 March Jinhee Kim, a South Korean public health researcher currently in Australia, wrote in Croakey about her nation’s preparedness for a pandemic. Her article displayed just how far ahe... Read more
