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
Despite the high prevalence of melanoma in Australia, a new article in The Medical Journal of Australia argues people of colour are under-represented in the registry data used to collect information on skin cancer.
Three researchers leading the fight against ovarian cancer will share new grant funding announced during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The national peak body representing Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds has criticised the health inequities faced by people of non-European backgrounds, highlighted in a new report.
Key recommendations to overhaul Medicare have been handed in down in the Australian Government’s Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report
A comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians admitted to intensive care units reveals a “disturbing” difference in mortality outcomes.
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.
