New research shows Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdowns exacerbated existing loneliness among older people, leading to emotional suffering, and feelings of rejection.
Research shows last year’s lockdowns in Victoria were associated with near double the population prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms.
How do we measure if people are following the health orders, and whether they’re having any effect?
When he volunteered to become one of the public faces of Victoria’s COVID-19 health response, Professor Allen Cheng’s life changed course dramatically – and accelerated.
While the COVID restrictions presented challenges at every level, for a school in Melbourne's east, the growth and development from the experience was transformational.
A first-of-its-kind study is examining university students' experience navigating the pandemic, and learning under lockdown.
As schools prepare to reopen, bringing back the youngest and oldest students first, using the same logic as the term two return needs to be re-evaluated.
Remote learning has made it even harder to implement the principles of inclusive education, but there is a way forward.
An extension of Victoria's state of emergency may well be justified – but there's no call for it to be for 12 months without returning to parliament to argue the case.
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.
What will help people stick to the rules is clear communication from authorities about the restrictions, and consistent messaging.
COVID-19 has proved that the homelessness problem is solvable, but will Australia make good on its human rights obligations once the pandemic has passed?
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.
A study has explored how people online are feeling, and responding to, the emotional rollercoaster during the COVID-19 crisis.
As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so too does the importance of wearing masks, but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease's spread.
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.
Public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne have been placed under 'hard lockdown', with 3000 residents confined to home for at least five days.
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.
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