Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
A review indicates that both cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis show great promise as antivirals in laboratory research, and could be used to treat infections including COVID-19.
XBB. 1.5 and other subvariants do signal a change in how the virus is mutating. Here’s what this means for Australia and globally.
As children return to school, a new study sheds light on the infection patterns of the various COVID-19 virus variants in open-space learning.
The Omicron strain is driving a rapid increase in China, and is quicker to transmit than other variants.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
Unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled calls for a patent waiver, but any major change needs to ensure a better outcome for developing economies.
As online shopping continues to grow, so, too, does overconsumption. Raising awareness of pre-loved items is one way to reduce waste and promote sustainability.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
A new book based on the world’s largest multi-professional study of its kind relates the distressing experiences of Australian healthcare workers amid the pandemic.
With marginal seats in play, and the outcome of the previous election to remind us, it’d be foolhardy to write off the Coalition from recording another unexpected result.
An interdisciplinary “One Health” approach and strong decision-making are our best defences against the next zoonotic-disease outbreak.
The pandemic stretched our healthcare system to breaking point, but it also proved how new and positive models of screening and care can quickly be created in adversity.
There are things we need to unlearn, learn and relearn about conditions for living together on this planet in just, equitable and sustainable ways.
Think tank A New Approach claims the federal government spent more than $4 billion supporting the arts and culture in 2020 alone. Sadly for the arts, the figure is too good to be true.
Just because we’re in a period of social change doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum on sustainability. There are six things we can do right now to offset our daily waste from disposable masks.
The federal government’s Rapid Antigen Test policy is a disaster by any measure. It should own up to its policy failure and try to improve the situation as soon as possible.
The ruling could justify the future visa cancellation of any individual who is seen as a ‘role model’ and who may be perceived as causing social unrest.
2022 will be the year we finally have all the means, measures, and tools to control the pandemic to a non-lethal state.
The Australian summer has provided its own colourful vocabulary over the years, from Spooners to speedos and bush walks to hikes.
How do we enable people to make evidence-based, health and life-protecting choices in a pandemic?
It’s only through dialogue, conversation and interaction that we’ll begin to learn about the multiform realities that shape our world.
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