Health
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Cruise ship staff still adrift after 110 days and counting
Thousands of cruise ship workers, including some Australians, are still trapped on ships unable to dock because of COVID-19 restrictions.…
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Coronavirus update: Spain imposes second local lockdown in areas with flare ups, US numbers down but not a sign of improvement
In the US, new case numbers have dropped under 50,000 for the first time in four days but there are…
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Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response. Peter O’Connor, Jeromy Anglim, Luke…
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Number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals rises by one-fifth
The number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals increased by about a fifth last year compared to 2018, the majority…
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Coronavirus: it is morally indefensible for a nation to keep life-saving drugs for itself
To deal with a global pandemic, the production of new treatments needs to be scaled up towards supplying the whole…
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China imposes forced abortion, sterilisation on Uyghurs, investigation shows
While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is far more widespread and systematic than…
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Coronavirus has accelerated Lebanon’s economic collapse, and foreign maids are paying the price
Women and girls get out with their bags before the driver takes off. Authors ABC News They are foreign maids,…
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Heading back to the office?
One of the most profound ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives has been in the way we work.…
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Swedish exceptionalism has been ended by coronavirus
”Haverist” is a Swedish word meaning “shipwrecked person”. Erik Augustin Palm The Guardian During the course of Sweden’s shambolic response…
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Health Minister gives into backbench pressure on vaping ban
The ban, which the Therapeutic Goods Administration last week announced would begin on July 1, will now be delayed for…
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The Triple Crisis Shaking the World
With economies in free-fall and geopolitical tensions rising, there can be no return to normal: the past is passed, and…
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Crisis talks: Why combating future pandemics needs a collective mind shift today
Don’t bet on it, says Italian physicist and author Paolo Giordano, who warns that without social and political change, other…
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Vaping stiffens arteries leading to variety of health problems, study finds
Vaping stiffens the arteries leading to a variety of health problems, according to a comprehensive study published in the European…
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Vital Signs: why even competent politicians refuse to change policy course
But it’s unlikely either will. Richard Holden The Conversation Here’s why. Politicians have varying degrees of … Vital Signs: why…
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IMF forecasts economic turmoil as global infections near 10 million
The IMF has laid out the unprecedented economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as the WHO said it expects…
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Arts industry to receive $250 million coronavirus rescue package from Federal Government
Creative industries had been calling for more support after coronavirus shut down venues and productions and led to widespread job…
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