In New York today, world leaders are meeting at the United Nations General Assembly for the first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB). The theme of the meeting is “United to end tub... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Last week, it was reported that Australian researchers have isolated strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis that have caused invasive infection and exhibit “near pand... Read more
Below is the text of a statement issued by the Federal Health Department. On August 28 and 29 in Alice Springs a Collaborative Forum on HTLV-1 was convened by the Central Australian Academic... Read more
This month’s JournalWatch from Dr Melissa Stoneham, Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute WA, looks at the research findings of a social media intervention aimed at addressing lin... Read more
James Ward, Belinda Hengel and John Boffa write: Over the past two weeks, a number of commentators have called for the removal of Aboriginal children with sexually transmissible infections (... Read more
*** This article was updated on 22 February, 2018 *** (Introduction by Melissa Sweet) Emojis exist for multiple versions of baby angels, Santa Claus and Mrs Claus, as well as for fairies, me... Read more
In May 2013, the first edition of The Health Wrap was published at Croakey as a pro bono service to our readers from Kellie Bisset, who was then communications director at the Sax Institute.... Read more
Marie McInerney reports: The health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents is lagging behind that of their non-Indigenous peers because their needs differ substan... Read more
This fortnight’s Health Wrap, compiled by Sax Institute Publications Manager Megan Howe, takes a look at how the media covered three of the top public health stories that have been making he... Read more
The Health Wrap from the Sax Institute communications team takes a look at the media coverage of three of the top public health stories that have been making headlines over the past fortnigh... Read more
