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For the second time in three years, mpox has been declared a global health emergency — the highest level of alert given by the World Health Organization (WHO). Such a declaration demands continued monitoring, surveillance and response to ameliorate further transmission.
New research shows Australian adolescents who have vaped are five times more likely to initiate smoking compared to their peers who have never vaped.
A recent spike in HIV diagnoses is a stark reminder that complacency in prevention could undo decades of progress.
Clinicians play a critical role in medical technology innovation; however, structured training in this discipline is lacking in Australia. We propose that formal education, using well validated methodologies, should be incorporated into clinical training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
By bringing health and the arts together in the form of a picture book, researchers are delivering their health findings to communities in a way that is easier to understand.
The role that interpreters play in health care is complex, difficult and largely unacknowledged. We couldn’t do our job without them.
The Lowitja Institute has outlined a new plan for national cultural safety training standards in health care that will improve health and safety of Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Training general practitioners and rural generalists in the same practice over a number of years in rural and remote areas has benefits to the community, health services and supports the retention of doctors in these areas.
Experts are calling for an investigation into the toxicity of nicotine alternative 6-methylnicotine and the health consequences of inhaling it.
