Hotter, drier conditions associated with El Niño can be detrimental to our health. These tips may help.
From New York to Tokyo, Melbourne to Venice – honeybee hives have revealed the unique genetic signatures of cities, even providing insights into human health.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria causes 700,000 deaths annually, but there are strategies we can use to slow the rapid rise of these superbugs.
An interdisciplinary “One Health” approach and strong decision-making are our best defences against the next zoonotic-disease outbreak.
The lack of investment in the development and deployment of decentralised diagnostic devices in Australia, most importantly a COVID-19 nucleic acid test, is a public policy failure.
Australia must draw on international best practice so workplaces can keep their workers and occupants safe.
Before COVID-19 began causing sickness, pain and death, a much bigger health threat has been evolving, and desperately needs to be stopped.
Without a vaccine, isolation remains the most effective means of controlling epidemics or pandemics, but there are better ways to implement it.
The delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine still needs to overcome some ethical hurdles.
A multidisciplinary research team is examining how we can translate what we know about public health contagion to develop safer public transport infrastructure.
Why we must look past ‘generational analyses’ of the novel coronavirus impact.
Epidemiological models may be complex, but they must be treated with respect.
Researchers have repurposed existing tools to make a COVID-19 immunity test breakthrough.
The spread of misinformation has striking parallels with the biological pandemic – and it, too, has cost lives.
Coronavirus infections are growing and crossing geographic borders, but what are they, and should we be worried?
Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.
A new global register will help countries in the ongoing fight against invasive species.
Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis that threatens to take us back to a pre-penicillin era.
Sometimes, improving public health can mean infringing on people’s rights and compromising their interests.
There's a lot we can learn about ourselves from this tiny crustacean, including why men might well be more susceptible to the flu.
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