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Close relatives of people diagnosed with coeliac disease should be screened for the disease themselves, according to an Australia-first study.

Annika Howells

The rise of direct-to-consumer telemedicine has led to concerns that patients may not always receive continuity of care and or the most appropriate treatment pathways.

Caitlin Wright

We must invest in Australia’s mosquito and flavivirus surveillance to support rapid detection during mosquito seasons, ideally before we see human cases.

Tilda Thomson, Madeleine Marsland, Maxwell Braddick, Helen O’Brien

This second opinion piece in the three-part series is a call for further action by a united medical profession to address the enormous scale of work-related burnout and mental injury in doctors who work in psychologically unsafe health care workplaces. There are solutions.

Leanne Rowe

Despite increasing consensus among many representative health bodies of the need for reshaping the health landscape, governments need to do more to support team-based models of care, including involving paramedics.

Michelle Murphy

Preventative health checks for women in mid-life are being provided to those who are most in need, contrasting with trends where those who are more disadvantaged tend to receive less primary health care.

Annika Howells

An Indigenous Voice to Parliament does not guarantee outcomes, but it does provide a stronger platform through which governments can work more effectively with Indigenous Australians at a regional and national level.

Ian Anderson

The importance of culturally appropriate health programs is vital to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, according to a traditional owner from Cape York.

Becca Whitehead

Many medical organisations and health services are working diligently to reduce the enormous scale of burnout and mental injury in doctors, but further action is required to address its impact on doctors’ families, writes Dr Leanne Rowe in part one of this three-part series. 

Leanne Rowe