Many people in Victoria are opting to wear face shields instead of face masks. It’s allowed – but are they as effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19?
Data trusts are a key part of a health data infrastructure that manages user and patient information in a responsible, transparent and accountable manner.
Food insecurity is income insecurity. After COVID-19, we must no longer tolerate the inequities of corporate charity and the stigma associated with relying on society’s leftovers for those in need.
The turn to private funding of education reduces the responsibility of governments to adequately fund schools and to ensure all children have access to high-quality education programming.
In the policy of the pandemic, experts have emerged to fill the gaps in the decision-making of politicians, with the responsibility for outcomes landing somewhere in the middle.
Using random testing, researchers in Indiana were able to calculate death rates by age, race, and sex and found sharp increases in risk of death among older and non-white state residents.
The state government has enlisted a US software company to deploy a data management system that will speed up contact tracing. But security could be a hitch.
Despite thinking of ourselves as anti-authoritarian, Australians have a high tolerance for government intervention in their lives, if they believe it is for the common good.
The 6-foot rule for social distancing doesn’t account for all risks, particularly indoors. Here’s what everyone needs to understand as cooler weather moves more activities inside.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne