Illness
Positive COVID-19 case attended AFL match at the MCG, authorities say
A person who tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne’s northern suburbs this week had attended an AFL match at the MCG on the weekend, forcing some football fans into isolation.
- by Michael Fowler, Melissa Cunningham and Megan Levy
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Coronavirus pandemic
What are the new coronavirus rules for Melbourne?
From masks indoors to tighter visiting rules, this is your guide to the Victorian government’s new coronavirus social distancing restrictions.
- by Mathew Dunckley
ADHD creators spreading awareness on TikTok, social media
Many women and people of colour are only now learning, after years or even decades of difficulty, that they may meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, thanks in part to a wave of creators on social media trying to spread awareness.
- by Nicole Clark
New drugs could be one-two punch to stop COVID-19 in its tracks
Researchers hope two new drugs that block COVID’s access to cells will pass clinical trials and be added to the global toolkit to stop the pandemic in its tracks.
- by Stuart Layt
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Coronavirus pandemic
Lockdowns don’t ‘crush’ anything: with a COVID outbreak every 12 days this year, this is how each state responded
Infectious disease experts are calling for a less panicked response to small outbreaks after an analysis revealed two-thirds of the past 17 breaches have been managed without a lockdown.
- by Heather McNeill
New approach needed in Qld for managing diabetic patients, study finds
Hospital staff lack clear guidelines for treating diabetic patients, leading researchers to recommend development of a single framework.
- by Stuart Layt
COVID-19 deaths likely two to three times more than official records: WHO
Some 6 million to 8 million people may have now died from COVID-19 or its effects since the start of the pandemic, compared with 3.4 million deaths recorded in official data, the WHO says.
- by Nick Cumming-Bruce
When the diagnosis is terminal, would you prefer hope or cold, hard facts?
Journalist Fenella Souter and oncologist Professor Fran Boyle look at how doctors talk to their patients about death and dying, ways to break the bad news and what needs to change.
Mayor calls for end to political fight over quarantine facility
Toowoomba Regional Council mayor Paul Antonio says he sent a list of questions to the Queensland government and the Prime Minister and is yet to hear responses from either.
- by Stuart Layt and Felicity Caldwell
NZ nurse who cared for Boris Johnson quits over ‘lack of respect’
Jenny McGee stood at the side of the British Prime Minister when he was hospitalised with COVID-19 last year. Now she has resigned, citing lack of government support for health care workers.
- by Karla Adam
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Hospitals in crisis
‘Cascade’ of mistakes laid bare as full report on Aishwarya’s death revealed
The litany of mistakes and errors in treating seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath at Perth’s Children Hospital on Easter Saturday are laid bare in a comprehensive report into her death.
- by Gary Adshead