Urgent action is required to address the systemic barriers deterring access to eye health care in Australia, write Dr Gifar Hassan and Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM.
Doctors must take a leadership role in urging governments to take stronger action on climate change, writes Dr Richard Yin.
Australia is at the forefront of cutting-edge cancer genomics research, with DNA sequencing helping specialists make informed treatment decisions, write Amy McCart Reed, Tiffany Boughtwood and Peter Simpson.
Vaping in Australian schools is becoming widespread, with some students taking up e-cigarettes because they are seeing their peers vape.
Australian society cannot afford for general practice to collapse, writes Queensland GP Natasha Yates.
Access to abortion and contraception in rural and regional Australia could be improved with nurse-led models of care in general practice, write Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield and Danielle Mazza.
The loss of biodiversity in Australia and the world could have disastrous consequences for human health, write Marion Carey, Katherine Barraclough and Ken Winkel.
Rural and regional clinicians need more recognition of their unique position to help address rural health challenges, write Dr Michael Field, Dr Anne McGuane and Dr Laura Alston.
We need to re-think medical ethics in the era of the Anthropocene, writes public health physician, Professor Tony Capon.
