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A new report from the Royal Flying Doctor Service highlights the inequities in access to health care in the bush, with 10% of people in remote areas not having access to primary care
A comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians admitted to intensive care units reveals a “disturbing” difference in mortality outcomes.
Key recommendations to overhaul Medicare have been handed in down in the Australian Government’s Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report
With the spotlight on mental health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to rebuild our crumbling mental health system in a way that works for the people who use it, writes Dr Jason Lee …
A study by Deakin University suggests the removal of long telephone consultations from the Medicare Benefits Schedule will leave vulnerable patients behind.
All Australian governments need to improve their pandemic planning to avoid setbacks faced by researchers examining the early spread of COVID-19.
Flocks of chickens – stationed across New South Wales – are the local health district’s secret weapon in preventing the spread of dangerous mosquito-borne viruses on the rise across the state.
The Omicron variant may struggle to sustain community spread due to large vaccine rollouts and the Australian population’s improved antibody responses, write Stuart Turville, Anupriya Aggarwal, Anouschka Akerman and Vanessa Milogiannakis …
The environmental impact of commonly used inhalation anaesthetic agents is significant, and it is up to anaesthetists to lead the way in implementing sustainable solutions, writes Yannick De Silva …
