Improved hospital cleaning practices can dramatically combat the incidence of healthcare-associated infections, with a new trial showing a 35% reduction.
The world’s most advanced artificial heart, including a pipeline of transformative, next-generation cardiac technologies, are set to be developed and commercialised by a Monash University-led consortium.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
Could a combination of phage therapy and antibiotics be the key to unlocking the antimicrobial-resistant superbug crisis?
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.
2022 will be the year we finally have all the means, measures, and tools to control the pandemic to a non-lethal state.
The Victoria OHS regulator’s charging of the state’s health department for failing to keep hotel quarantine workers safe from COVID-19 serves as a warning ahead of the nation opening.
We have the means, but how do you convince people to follow public health advice such as lockdowns?
We have the chance to build a world-class, dedicated quarantine facility. Here's how we could do it.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
Medicine's linguistic history in English is rich indeed, peppered with borrowings from French, but the Old English renderings retain a certain charm.
Recruiting people for clinical trials is a major challenge, and an obstacle to success, but there are strategies researchers can use to improve outcomes.
Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools, beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers. Here's how to reduce your COVID risk.
They're low-cost medicines that can be easily accessed, and are being used to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
Many people in Victoria are opting to wear face shields instead of face masks. It's allowed – but are they as effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19?
Without a vaccine, isolation remains the most effective means of controlling epidemics or pandemics, but there are better ways to implement it.
More women are turning to online or telephone support for family violence during the second COVID-19 lockdown, while more men are also seeking help for abusive behaviour.
Takeaway coffee, yes; a stroll through Bunnings, no. The Victorian government has introduced tough stage four business restrictions to crack down on COVID-19 workplace transmission.
Absent other voices, public health emergency response measures risk being overly prescriptive and unnecessarily wide-reaching.
The COVID-19 death toll in aged-care homes is spiking. Protocols need to urgently be put in place to prevent infection, but there also needs to be detailed plans for when an outbreak occurs.
It's time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restriction may just be a part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.
New research finds frontline domestic violence workers are at risk of burnout due to increased pressures around COVID-19.
Victoria's COVID-19 spike, and return to suburban lockdown, is a reminder that we all need to follow the basics of infection control for some time yet.
How likely is it that we'll have a relatively quick fix for COVID-19, and what are the hurdles?
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