New deputy CMO to manage post-pandemic mental health
Psychiatrist Associate Professor Ruth Vine is charged with preventing suicides from anxiety linked to social distancing and economic stress.
Jo Hartley
Jo is Editor-in-Chief of Australian Doctor Group.
Aussie experts rule out ‘immunity passports’
People may try to deliberately become infected with COVID-19 to get a certificate, they say.
Professor behind virus modelling resigns after breaking lockdown rules: UK
Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, flouted social distancing rules to meet a female acquaintance.
ED doctors report rise in domestic violence cases
Service providers in Queensland are reporting a dramatic increase in the brutality and severity of attacks on women and children.
Virus can persist for weeks in asymptomatic patients
Chinese research shows that in some patients, CT improvement does not come inline with their nucleic acid test moving from positive to negative.<…
How to create the most effective DIY facemask
The US research was prompted by to the on-going shortage of high-quality masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Call for govt to go slow on virus app
App developers say the Federal Government needs to make sure the technology works on Android and iPhone.
Doubt over Trump’s coronavirus ‘cure’
The unpublished study shows COVID-19 patients on hydroxychloroquine had a 28% death rate, compared with 11% of those who did not receive it.
Coronavirus did not come from a lab, states WHO in bid to quell rumours
The UN agency's comments come after US President Donald Trump said his government was investigating the issue.
Doctor says he was sacked for speaking out on quarantine policy
Dr Paul Finlay was assessing travellers at Sydney Airport when he called the Federal Government's approach 'iron-fisted'. However, his employer Sou…
