Medical school taught us to prevent disease, not to talk about desire
Clinicians need more training when it comes to discussing sexual wellbeing with their patients
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All the Way with mRNA?
The development of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to fight COVID-19 provided a watershed moment in vaccinology. How far can they take us?
Why GPs should be on the lookout for syphilis
Syphilis cases are on the rise, and inconsistent screening in general practice is leaving people at risk.
Prisons worldwide failing to provide adequate health care for blood-borne disease
Globally, one-in-nine incarcerated people have a history of IV drug use. In Australia and New Zealand, it’s one-in-two. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has become the first to quantify, in two systematic revie...
Invasive meningococcal disease: a patchwork of protection leaves Australians at risk
Why is it that different states and territories have different policies on meningococcal B vaccination?
Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’. Let’s not repeat the chaos of the US
Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and co-ordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
Fox in the henhouse: it must not happen here
Australia must vow to never to let our public health service suffer in the same way as the United States, write Robert Steinglass and C John Clements AM.
Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma
Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s.
Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how
Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the spread of blood-born...
