There are deeply concerning social trends playing out in our schools that Australian schools aren’t adequately equipped to deal with. The time is long overdue for actions that will build a whole-of-government response to solve these issues.
With the the psychedelic field dynamic and rapidly changing, Monash’s pioneering Clinical Psychedelic Lab has a vision to make a meaningful difference in mental healthcare.
As Closing the Gap policy failures are laid bare in the Productivity Commission’s latest report, a new study aims to quantify the gap in Indigenous mental health and economic insecurity.
New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.
Displaced youths face several barriers to accessing quality learning opportunities, exacerbated by distance, crowding, and limited capacity.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme have influenced the way doctors prescribe opioids, but is it for the better?
Parents wanting to migrate to Australia to join their children face ludicrous delays, and if opting for a paid contributory visa, exorbitant fees.
New research from The Smith Family tracks a group of young people, two years after finishing high school.
If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
Can genetically-modified cell therapies correct the immune system’s mistaken attack of healthy cells and tissues?
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
We need a coordinated and evidence-informed effort to make riding a bike safer, better, and more equitable for all Australians.
Human rights legislation is a normal part of living in a modern democratic country, but Australia still doesn’t have a legal framework that supports everyone living here.
Just as we have the country’s smartest legal minds on the High Court, and our best health practitioners setting vaccine policy, the review wants the best economists to set monetary policy.
It’s a myth that only household price increases cause inflation. Consumer behaviour may also be a factor.
This week, Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast investigates how making reproductive healthcare inaccessible hurts us all.
From July this year, some psychiatrists will be able to prescribe psychedelics to some patients. Responses from experts working in the field are mixed.
Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?
The uncomfortable truths that make some disability inclusion barriers so hard to shift, leaving structural inequity entrenched.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
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