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Fellowship schemes by Australian funding agencies invite researchers to disclose personal career disruptions to promote equity. For applicants living with illness or disability, this well-meaning policy can expose private medical details to non-medically trained reviewers and create new risks of bias. A proposed reform could bring medical privacy and consistency back into the process.

Nathalie Bock, Adrian Barnett

An expert on gun violence in Australia has urged for a public health guided approach to gun control reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Nance Haxton

A legacy of exclusion means Australia’s medical system is fundamentally skewed, as it was built for and tested on men

Nance Haxton

One quarter of the global population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), though tuberculosis (TB) is largely eradicated in the global north.

Becca Whitehead

Despite reductions in consumption, particularly among young people, Australia has seen a rise in alcohol-related harms and avoidable costs. To decrease alcohol’s enormous burden on individuals, families and communities, it is important that all drinkers ease their alcohol consumption, not just heavy drinkers and other risk groups.

Emmanuel Kuntsche

Upskilling GPs with the support of paediatricians could reduce the number of children referred onto lengthy public hospital waiting lists, a new study has found.

Harriet Hiscock, Lena Sanci, Sonia Khano, Raghu Lingam

Dementia represents one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. It encompasses a range of neurodegenerative disorders marked by progressive cognitive decline, memory loss and loss of independence. Among these diseases, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent, accounting for approximately 60–70% of all dementia cases worldwide.

Saeed Shanehsazzadeh, Perminder Sachdev

New research shows engaging with music is linked to better cognitive function and a reduced risk of dementia and heart disease in later life.

Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo, Joanne Ryan

A rise in B6 toxicity cases led to the TGA review, with changes being brought in from June 2027

Nance Haxton