With increasing recognition of bullying in academic settings, it is vital that institutions adhere to their own policies and protocols when supporting victims of bulling and abusive behaviour in medical academia.
New research shows Australian adolescents who have vaped are five times more likely to initiate smoking compared to their peers who have never vaped.
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.
There’s a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency measures such as isolation and quarantine in place to stop infectious diseases spreading.
The role that interpreters play in health care is complex, difficult and largely unacknowledged. We couldn’t do our job without them.
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.
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.
The proposed sale of Vectura by Philip Morris International is a significant moment in the fight against Big Tobacco’s influence on health care. The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand explores the implications of the sale and calls for continued vigilance to keep tobacco and vaping companies out of the pharmaceutical sector.
Health care-associated infections are a preventable burden. A recent randomised controlled trial presents evidence on how enhanced cleaning and disinfection can reduce infection rates.
