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When LGBTQ+ patients can be open with their providers about their identity, they are much more likely to get essential care.
The mental health of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse Australians is suffering and getting worse.
In 2024, 25 million people gave up meat for Veganuary. For many, it was a lasting change.
Indigenous Australians living in areas with stronger opposition to the Voice have poorer health and are less likely to access health care.
Our new study is a reminder of how stigma and the stress that comes with it can have long-term consequences for people’s health.
The historical correlation between economic prosperity and increased life expectancy might suggest that growth is generally a good thing. However, other evidence points to the downside of growth.
Rwanda has built a healthcare delivery system on primary healthcare with individuals and communities at the centre.
There are concerns about how health data are used, but research shows support for uses with public benefits by health-care providers, governments, health-system planners and university-based researchers.
Whether it’s a special treat or family traits, children’s risk of being overweight or obese is strongly linked to their grandparents.
Even if you’re vaccinated, you still need to come forward for COVID testing, even if you have the mildest symptoms.
We’re on the road again. Getting enough COVID-19 vaccine to where it’s needed in a given time frame is the next logistical hurdle.
‘Normal’ body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find the trend extends to Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon – but why?
Less than 1% of the world’s research is produced in Africa.
We expect a steep rise in mental health problems as a result of the pandemic. But there are ways to flatten this curve, just as we’ve flattened the curve of infections.
Africa is known to be where humans originated. This makes it the most genetically diverse region in the world. Diversity in other populations represents a subset of the diversity within Africa.
Depression is a serious, common and sometimes debilitating condition. And no, chocolate won’t help, whatever the headlines tell you.
The Vietnam War ended in 1975. But it’s still harming the health of Vietnamese people born after the conflict ended.
Q fever is a flu-like infection that spreads to people from animals. The bacteria that causes it can withstand harsh environmental conditions – in particular, drought.
New research shows that female politicians spend more on health and education, improving the well-being of a population.
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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