Sharp suicide increase expected due to pandemic This has led to calls for urgent government attention amid fears it could spawn a ‘generational mental health crisis’.
Developing nations facing ‘largest crisis’ in a generation Experts are divided on whether coronavirus lockdowns could be worse than the disease itself in developing nations.
Isolation silver lining? Drop in road trauma, assaults and injuries Australia’s lockdown has seen rates of trauma plummet, with road accidents, sports injuries and alcohol-linked assaults all falling.
COVID-19 guidelines update on remdesivir, steroids, antivirals Find out the latest expert recommendations in Australia’s living clinical guidelines for coronavirus patients.
Australia must learn to live with coronavirus: Infectious disease expert The virus will be part of our lives until an effective vaccine arrives – because elimination is ‘very unlikely’.
Dire consequences of racism on kidney disease outcomes Urgent action is needed to confront the ‘immense’ health disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Remdesivir and COVID-19: What GPs need to know It has become the first therapy for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval for emergency use – but evidence of its effectiveness remains mixed.
How has the temporary closure of BreastScreen affected GPs? Like so many aspects of primary care, breast cancer screening has been impacted by the coronavirus.
‘It’s just a race against time’: Developing a COVID-19 vaccine Examining the challenges of finding a vaccine, timeframes for development, and the progress of clinical trials around the world.