Healthcare workers are a vulnerable population who have been exposed to high work-related stress during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the high risk of infection and excessive workloads.

Growing evidence shows that lifestyle interventions are an effective component of management for patients with mental illness to improve mental health, physical health and quality of life.

Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.

Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.

There is a great deal of interest in the potential symptomatic benefits of medicinal cannabis for developmental disorders.

Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.

Quarantine has been associated with increased rates of suicide, anger, acute stress disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, with symptoms continuing even years after quarantine.

People who identify as bisexual, transgender or gender diverse report poorer mental health than their homosexual and cisgender counterparts.

An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.

Effective clinical triage of referrals relies on provision of adequate clinical information (‘red flags’) and investigations.

To prevent heat-related disease, GPs need to work across prevention levels to mitigate climate change, recognise vulnerable patients, and work with these patients to plan management strategies.

Prescribing drugs to reduce the risk of cancer is a new development in primary cancer prevention.

Syphilis is a great mimicker and should not be forgotten as a differential diagnosis of erythematous scaly rashes.

Changes in perinatal healthcare services due to COVID-19 have resulted in an altered antenatal and postnatal schedule, which may reduce screening, detection and treatment of mental illness.

The pathways developed in Moree, NSW, illustrate the importance and impact of community ownership and leadership for effective delivery of a public health intervention.