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medicine
National affairs
Sharpening the instruments
Michael Bartos
11 August 2020
Greater use of isolation would help us through the “middle game” of Covid-19
National affairs
A world of needs
Michael Bartos
28 July 2020
Outbreaks, vaccines, and the limits of centralised control
Essays & reportage
The long road to healthcare justice
Tess Ryan and Melissa Sweet
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
National affairs
Weapons of mask distraction
Daniel Reeders
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
Taking it to a new level
Michael Bartos
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
Pandemic fatigue
Michael Bartos
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National affairs
Second-wave days
Michael Bartos
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
International
Greater goods
Michael Bartos
1 June 2020
While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
International
What worked to minimise Covid-19 deaths, and why?
Rodney Tiffen
28 May 2020
Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing
National affairs
Wrong medicine
Jennifer Doggett
18 May 2020
Greg Hunt looks set to sign another flawed agreement with the powerful Pharmacy Guild
Essays & reportage
Which side are you on?
Michael Bartos
18 May 2020
Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape?
National affairs
The first genomic pandemic
Michael Bartos
11 May 2020
The virus’s genome has been at the centre of the vast output of research findings
National affairs
Covid-19 trade-offs: the full story
James Morley
8 May 2020
Partial accounts of the economic and health effects of Australia’s response understate its success
International
Geopolitics meets pandemic in the Pacific
Nic Maclellan
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
National affairs
Knowns and unknowns
Michael Bartos
5 May 2020
Another week of pandemic responses highlights the uncertainties ahead
National affairs
How Covid-19 is reshaping the way we see healthcare
Ian McAuley
4 May 2020
The pandemic has challenged the idea that “society” and “the economy” are separable
Essays & reportage
Collateral damage
Mark Finnane
2 May 2020
Like the epidemic itself, the policing of Spanish flu controls fell unevenly on the population
Essays & reportage
What are we learning from the coronavirus?
Lesley Russell
29 April 2020
A massive medical research effort is producing almost as many questions as answers
National affairs
Getting to zero
Michael Bartos
21 April 2020
What can past pandemics tell us about the practicality of eliminating Covid-19?
National affairs
Living with the great uncertainty
Daniel Reeders
17 April 2020
Governments can’t tell us
when
restrictions might be lifted, but they are beginning to tell us
how
International
Why the attacks on the WHO are a dangerous diversion
Michael Bartos
16 April 2020
On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics
National affairs
The end of the beginning
Michael Bartos
13 April 2020
As research reveals more about controlling the virus, Singapore’s rise in cases sends a signal to Australia
Essays & reportage
The aunt I never knew
Sylvia Martin
13 April 2020
How a daughter’s death caused by Spanish flu sent a family halfway across the globe
National affairs
So you want to wear a mask in public?
Daniel Reeders, Kathryn Snow, Trent Yarwood and Ben Harris-Roxas
7 April 2020
Here are three things you might consider first
National affairs
Reflecting on the endgame
Daniel Reeders
7 April 2020
If the curve has been bent, the next challenge for Australia is judging the rebound
National affairs
We are the world
Michael Bartos
6 April 2020
Why cross-border thinking is vital in tackling the pandemic
Essays & reportage
Fighting the goblin of horror
Christine Vickers
6 April 2020
How the Spanish flu reached the New South Wales town of Singleton
Essays & reportage
Let’s not waste this crisis
Melissa Sweet
3 April 2020
The health system is changing in previously inconceivable ways, but let’s make sure those most in need don’t get lost along the way
National affairs
This side of the brink
Michael Bartos
30 March 2020
Tentative signs of a slowing in Covid-19 cases need to be balanced against the longer-term prospects
National affairs
Ethics in a time of scarcity
Lesley Russell
29 March 2020
The coronavirus pandemic presents us with difficult choices, locally, nationally and internationally
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