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Incorporating Indigenous perspectives into strategies for bone health is crucial for addressing the unique health needs of Indigenous people.

Annika Howells

The United States used to be a leader in vaccine research, development and policymaking. Now US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining the country’s vaccine program at the highest level and supercharging vaccine skepticism.

Julie Leask, Catherine Bennett

The MJA has published its second Special Issue on Indigenous Health to coincide with the 2025 NAIDOC week.

Sally Block

Have you had a tonsillectomy (your tonsils taken out), appendectomy (your appendix removed) or lumpectomy (removal of a lump from your breast)? The suffix “ectomy” denotes surgical removal of the named body part, so these terms give us a clear idea of what the procedure entails.

Theresa Larkin

In medicine, we’re good at showing up to do the work no matter what. But we’re far less skilled at saying, “I’m not okay.”

Andrew Tagg

A new study from Monash University demonstrates that parental concern that their child is deteriorating is a stronger, and sometimes earlier, predictor of ICU admission than abnormal vital signs.

Erin Mills, Phyllis Lin, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Adam West, Simon Craig

The goal of the updated guideline is to ensure that clinicians are supported by the best evidence-based recommendations available, to provide the best possible outcomes for people with acute coronary syndromes.

Dannii Dougherty, Elaine Ho, Garry Jennings

The Palm Cockatoo Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) at Weipa Hospital, Cape York Peninsula, has assisted local women to give birth locally rather than travelling 800 km to Cairns. The group wants to make a culturally safe space so that more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can give birth in the Western Cape.

Becca Whitehead

Primary care providers play an integral part in medical abortion access, but many barriers are preventing uptake of medical abortion provision.

Annika Howells