Opinions

The Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VED) is changing where and how emergency care can be delivered. 

Illicit tobacco, vaping and other emerging nicotine products require modern, targeted responses. But they do not justify abandoning the evidence-based measures that have brought Australia this far.

Evidence-Based Medicine has inadvertently built scaffolding upon which AI will mount its conquest of medicine.

By standing together, Victorian doctors in training have courageously drawn national and state attention to hazardous public hospital working conditions and their consequences for all health workers and patients.

Around 12% of the world’s total cancer cases in 2024 were likely caused by an infection, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Cats and undercooked meat are sources of the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in humans — but it can be prevented and treated.

As international disease surveillance is weakened, it is vital that Australia invests in its national health infrastructure.

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said its Planetary Health Check 2026 shows the impacts of transgressing planetary boundaries are increasingly clear all around us, and that “we have pushed Earth outside of its safe operating space – meaning that we are turning Earth from a safe home into one full of hazards that threaten people across the world”.

Crystal Arnold

A world-first pilot linking an ambulance service with an adult disability healthcare service aims to provide proactive, specialist care for adults with developmental disabilities