Healthcare
Opinion
Vaccination
To defeat COVID we need to think outside the bureaucracy box
Our bureaucratic systems are built for the predictable needs of a population, but this won’t help us with volatile situations such as the pandemic.
- by Anna Peeters
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Opinion
Medicine
Going to my patient’s funeral honoured our bond
I had thought that I had known David but what I knew was really only a part of who he was.
- by Ian Kerridge
WA to consider extra COVID-19 test after returned travellers leave quarantine
An analysis is under way to determine if the measure is necessary after a man who had the virus but tested negative before leaving quarantine later returned strong PCR results.
- by Peter de Kruijff
‘The people retiring were older men, and they were replaced by women’
Once male-dominated, obstetrics is increasingly a specialisation practiced by women.
- by Mary Ward
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Indigenous culture
Bush medicines: Traditional remedies find support from scientists, public
They’ve been used for millennia for everything from snake bites to contraception, now traditional bush medicines sold by Indigenous groups in the Northern Territory are providing jobs and income.
- by Julie Power and Julie Power
‘We were preparing for the worst’: CMV vaccine hope for pregnant women
CMV is the most common infectious cause of disabilities in newborns yet it is still largely unheard of by most newly pregnant women. Now there is new hope that a vaccine could soon be produced to provide immunity against the infection.
- by Lucy Carroll
Review of alternative WA quarantine sites to be finished within weeks
The WA government is close to finishing a review of alternative COVID-19 quarantine facilities as Roger Cook suggests Busselton as a good location.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Period embarrassment sees WA students skip school more than any other state
West Australian students are more likely to miss school when they have their period because they’re too embarrassed or afraid they’ll get teased.
- by Lauren Pilat
‘Here we go again’: South Coast on alert, new COVID venues of concern
NSW Health has issued an alert for further venues of concern after a Victorian family holidayed in the state’s south last month before testing positive to COVID-19.
- by Mary Ward, Lucy Carroll and Sarah McPhee
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Canberra, where the bloody hell are you?
As Victoria battles through yet another wave of coronavirus infections, we’re experiencing a profound stress test of our federal form of government – the division of responsibilities between a state and the Commonwealth.
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
Vaccination
Line up, line up for the jab - even if you’re a hypochondriac
The paranoid hypochondriac – me – got the AstraZeneca jab six days ago and must now endure 22 days before being reasonably confident she won’t be struck with the potentially lethal, if ultra-rare, blood-clotting side effect.
- by Julie Szego