The US health system costs roughly twice as much as the Australian system per person. Despite this, the US has lower life expectancy than Australia.
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Asking these four questions can help us identify good news when we see it, be more critical of news reports, or delay our judgement until we have more information.
In my view the short, sharp lockdown is warranted. It will give authorities time to discover the extent of exposure from this cluster.
Poor mental health costs the Australian economy up to A$220 billion a year, according to the Productivity Commission. It will take more than piecemeal ‘announceables’ to fix the situation.
A private market should have no place in the rollout of a COVID vaccine.
We will struggle to find a vaccine that works perfectly for people who need it most, despite what the headlines say is coming in 2021.
The funding, procurement, storage and distribution of a vaccine present huge challenges to all governments, including New Zealand’s.
Moderna’s shot is far easier to store and distribute than Pfizer’s. But there are concerns neither vaccine performs particularly well for older people.
While Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s review of contact tracing only briefly mentions digital methods, it’s crucial Australia invests in an automated system.
Our landmark new report examined the evidence (or lack thereof) behind certain interventions, but applying it to individual children and families requires a tailored approach.
Estimating the cost of antibiotic resistance to economies and health-care systems is fraught with difficulty, but new research says Australia will be hit harder than we think.
South Australia’s COVID cluster is disappointing after a long stretch of no community transmission. Now we need to act to stop it growing exponentially.
Distributing a vaccine is a bit like boarding a plane — we can’t all board at the same time. So who gets priority? There are a few reasons we should consider vaccinating older people first.
There’s no guarantee future COVID-19 vaccines will work in the elderly. So we can consider vaccinating the young first to protect them. Here’s what we need to work out first.
The loss of the simple act of hugging has taken a big emotional toll for many people during the pandemic.
It’s not just older adults who get shorter. You start shrinking, the moment you get out of bed in the morning.
Watch two of Australia and New Zealand’s top vaccine and virus experts answering questions about COVID-19. This was filmed at a Conversation reader event with Avid Reader bookshop.
The evidence about how COVID spreads, taken with the lack of transmission in Victoria, is cause for a rethink. A sensible approach may be to keep masks mandatory indoors – but to relax the rules outside.
It’s not just because of higher exposure to traumatic events. It’s also toxic workplace culture and harmful management practices.
US president-elect Joe Biden is taking expert advice on how to tackle the US coronavirus crisis. But is that enough?
Vaginismus is one of the leading causes of painful sex. Many people haven’t even heard of it, but vaginismus is extremely common and it can have a huge impact on women, their partners and relationships.
Early analysis suggests this vaccine has an efficacy of over 90%. So if you took ten people who were going to get sick from COVID-19 and vaccinated them, only one would get sick.
Grandiose narcissists do not, or even cannot, recognise and acknowledge a failure could be their own.
Twitter pile-ons, online celebrity bashing, or knee-jerk reactions are part of an increasingly toxic environment children are being exposed to that risks normalising hate.
Witnessing their children’s experiences of racism was particularly difficult, parents reported.