Medicine

COVID Vaccinations Will Save Us from the Worst

We may never achieve long-term global herd immunity for COVID. But if we’re all vaccinated, we’ll be safe from the worst At...

‘Youth Suicide Rates Devastating Families & Communities’

Media release – CEO of Rural Health Tasmania Robert Waterman, 26 April 2021 “TASMANIA’S YOUTH SUICIDE RATES DEVASTATING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES” CEO...

COVID-19 Shows Action Needed for Robust International Health System

Joint declaration (see bottom of post for signatories), 30 March 2021 COVID-19 shows why united action is needed for more robust international...

What is Thrombocytopenia, the Rare Condition Possibly Linked to AZ Vaccine?

What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine? The federal government has asked Australia’s medical and vaccine...

WHO Report into the Origin of the Coronavirus

The WHO report into the origin of the coronavirus is out. Here’s what happens next, says the Australian doctor who went to...

Knowing Heart Health Risk Can Change Patient Behaviour

Patients at a Tasmanian chest-pain clinic reduced their cardiovascular absolute risk score by an average of 2.4% after learning their rating.

How COVID-19 Pandemic Might Play Out

After a year of pain, here’s how the COVID-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond One year ago today, the...

What Kids Know about COVID

We asked children around the world what they knew about COVID. This is what they said During the pandemic, children have been...

State’s First Multidisciplinary Memory and Cognition Clinic Opens

Tasmania’s first multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to assessing and diagnosing memory and cognitive problems will open today. The Tasmanian Memory and Cognition Clinic...

Attitudes to COVID-19 Vaccines