Books & Arts
6 February 2023
How best should we cope with our awareness of death — and a desire to control when it happens?
National Affairs
14 December 2022
When can we say an epidemic is over?
National Affairs
6 December 2022
… is worth a pound of cure — which is why we need an Australian Centre for Disease Control charged with doing both
National Affairs
31 October 2022
$8 billion lost each year in Medicare fraud, errors and over-servicing? The evidence doesn’t add up
Books & Arts
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
International
5 November 2021
Rich countries have dragged their feet on promises to help less well-off countries vaccinate. But there are small signs of progress
From the archive
17 September 2021
Are mistaken beliefs about the history of mental health treatments stopping us from creating a humane system?
National Affairs
1 September 2021
Flexibility will be almost as important as focus for controlling Covid-19 in the months ahead
National Affairs
9 July 2021
The federal government’s handling of vaccinations shows how much damage has been done to the public sector
National Affairs
1 July 2021
This week’s blow-up between the premiers and the PM was triggered by the latest in a series of bad decisions about vaccination
National Affairs
18 June 2021
Despite the opposition’s resistance, the government’s changes to the Medicare schedule deserve to proceed
National Affairs
12 June 2021
Buying the Sydney Swans bolstered the swashbuckling 1980s image of medical entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, who died this week
International
10 May 2021
Joe Biden’s prioritisation of healthcare has been evident from day one
National Affairs
13 April 2021
Will the government survive the vaccine debacle?
International
2 March 2021
Sharing vaccines fairly is not only an ethical imperative but also essential to controlling Covid-19
International
11 February 2021
Covid-19 hit the United States hard, but life expectancy was already falling. The lessons for other countries are clear
Books & Arts
14 December 2020
Television | The highs and occasional lows of Four Corners’ coverage of 2020
Essays & Reportage
13 November 2020
How the world’s first vaccine came to Australia… in 1804
International
11 September 2020
Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear
National Affairs
11 September 2020
A half-year of Covid-19-watching suggests the most effective way ahead
National Affairs
25 August 2020
Behind the growing Covid-19 optimism is worrying political and geopolitical manoeuvring
National Affairs
11 August 2020
Greater use of isolation would help us through the “middle game” of Covid-19
National Affairs
28 July 2020
Outbreaks, vaccines, and the limits of centralised control
Essays & Reportage
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
National Affairs
22 July 2020
With masks shown to be useful only in certain settings, the debate about compulsion is drawing attention away from real pathways of infection
National Affairs
16 July 2020
A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way
National Affairs
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National Affairs
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
International
1 June 2020
While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
International
28 May 2020
Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing