COVID-19 poses an even greater threat to Australia's Indigenous community, from existing chronic conditions and lower immunity to higher levels of communal living and anxiety over finances, say medical workers.
Eleven-year-old Badr says he had anger issues before he joined Morocco's First LEGO League team. Jonathan McQuie chats to him and others about the machines they are building.
Ten years after the chance discovery of low-level radioactive waste on the Parkville campus, and two years into a massive clean-up, a Citizen investigation raises fresh questions about the management of the contaminated sites.
The swine flu epidemic of 2009 took a shattering toll on the Indigenous population. Lessons from that crisis are driving an unprecedented response to the new coronavirus outbreak.
It takes just two minutes and 205 steps to walk from the staff carpark to Flinders Medical Centre’s Emergency Department, but it’s enough to gather yourself for the storm awaiting inside. Flinders is the second largest hospital in South Australia, and its emergency department (ED) is rarely below maximum capacity.
