Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered
By Leyla Asadi, University of Alberta; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Lisa M Brosseau, University of Minnesota, and Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford
With the rapid...
Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed mixing and helped...
By Christopher Baker, The University of Melbourne; Freya Shearer, The University of Melbourne; James McCaw, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Golding, Curtin University
Unthinkable...
Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day...
Hockey contributes a lot to activity levels compared to other sports.
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More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn’t mean mental illness...
Women are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety as men.
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COVID-19 isn’t the only infectious disease scientists are trying to find a vaccine for....
By Danielle Stanisic, Griffith University and Johnson Mak, Griffith University
More than 28 million people around the world have now contracted COVID-19, and more than...
Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID
By Christopher Baker, The University of Melbourne and Andrew Robinson, The University of Melbourne
As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT,...
According to TV, heart attack victims are rich, white men who clutch their hearts...
Women have heart attacks too and can have different symptoms to men, like jaw pain, breathlessness...
Can I get coronavirus from mail or package deliveries? Should I disinfect my phone?
By Euan Tovey, University of Sydney
According to Google Trends, the top two most searched terms about mobile phones this week in Australia were “how...
Funding for multicultural cancer screening in NSW
Multicultural communities across NSW will benefit from new initiatives promoting cancer screening and prevention and appropriate support for people with cancer.
Acting Minister for Multiculturalism...
We probably can’t eliminate COVID in Australia forever. As we vaccinate, we should move...
By Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University and Rosemary V Calder, Victoria University
Nearly half of Australia’s population was in lockdown last month, as parts of...