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Six passengers from the hantavirus-struck cruise ship are in quarantine in Australia. So how do we actually design buildings to keep a virus from spreading?
Reports of infections have left some people wondering whether it’s still worth getting their nails done.
Sometimes the ingredients we throw away are the ones we should have cooked with all along. Here are some ideas to minimise food waste and save money.
Long-term data shows children are more likely to develop mental health issues when their parents experience financial stress and housing instability.
10 years after official end of the Ebola pandemic, very few people know that survivors have struggled to continue with their lives.
While other forms of Ebola can be prevented with a vaccine, none are currently available to prevent this rare strain.
Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.
The government has introduced legislation that tightens key definitions and make it harder for participants to access the scheme.
Long wait lists are the latest symptom of the aged care crisis. But this issue seems to be anything but a political priority.
This vitamin plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. But that doesn’t mean you need to take a supplement.
You might expect a sexual partner to disclose a sexually transmitted infection. But you can’t rely on this – and criminalising the spread doesn’t work.
A 10-year study of nearly 3,000 Canadian workers finds that sleep quality and diet do more to protect health under chronic work stress than exercise.
Reducing pain and boosting body positivity are two benefits of ‘cycle syncing’, according to social media.
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in Yanomami lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.
Ongoing funding has been announced for two dental schemes – one for adults, the other for children. But there’s more we could do.
This budget was much more about funding existing health services than reform.
A virus doesn’t become a pandemic simply because it’s deadly.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University