More news is giving us the blues
Increased news consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic led to higher anxiety, a new study into Australian media intake has found. Sixty per cent of respondents to the University of...
Health
Call to watch for psychosis increase as COVID-19 stresses pile up
While the mental health consequences of social distancing restrictions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have been well covered, experts...
Less invasive COVID-19 test spitting distance away
A cheaper and easier COVID-19 test is right on the tip of our tongue as Australian researchers lead the...
Trailblazers: How gene-hunters have reined in COVID-19
Real time tracking of coronavirus mutations has helped slow the spread of COVID-19 in Australia. Genome sequencing of the...
United against COVID, Aussies are taking the corona threat seriously
While we’re physically further apart than ever before, Australians are closely aligned in their attitudes to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Diabetes danger as COVID-19 hits hard
If COVID-19 wasn’t scary enough, new research has found it might trigger diabetes in otherwise healthy people. Damage to...
Cough, cough. Who’s there? Aussie physios taking the global lead in ICU safety
As COVID-19 hospitalises thousands of people around the world, physiotherapy has become a crucial part of helping patients recover....
Shot in the arm for COVID fight
Vaccines for COVID-19 may be in the pipeline but how can we ever produce enough to protect the millions...
Keeping a lid on it
Critically ill COVID-19 patients need intensive care treatment but close contact with carers risks spreading the disease further. Researchers...
A race against time to develop COVID-19 triage tool
Critical case or safe to send home? A new blood test could soon tell doctors how a patient’s body...