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Melissa Davey

Melissa Davey

Medical Editor at Guardian Australia

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  • Australia
  • Health & Medicine
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  • English
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Melissa Davey
theguardian.com

Australia’s overuse of antibiotics found to be driving rate of drug-resistant infections - The Gu...

Report finds more than a third of population had at least one antimicrobial prescription subsidised by Australian government in 2022
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Australia breaches WHO treaty with carbon neutral certification of ...

Endorsement of British American Tobacco by Climate Active was revoked after complaint was made, FoI documents show
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‘Menopause market’: Australian women being driven to treat symptoms...

Exclusive: New report finds coverage in media and public discussion often not based on strong evidence and overemphasises the severity and frequency of symptoms
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Parkinson’s disease detectable before physical symptoms show, Austr...

Exclusive: synthetic compound highlights neurodegeneration when injected into patients at early stages of disease, study shows
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Tighter import bans on e-cigarettes expected in bid to tackle ... -...

TGA to deliver recommendations to the government on how to curtail rise in vaping rates, particularly among young people
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Younger girls increasingly presenting to Australian hospitals in me...

Studies find rising emergency presentations for suicidal ideation and self-harm, as well as growing antidepressant use
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China’s move to open up travel sparks concern over spread of new Co...

Experts say a lack of data makes it difficult to assess the risk of potential new Covid strains with travel to the long sealed-off country set to resume

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Was 2022 the year that Australia came to terms with Covid? And what...

New antivirals, more research on long Covid and, hopefully, treatments: Experts say we’re now in a ‘totally different era’
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The rules around PCR tests for Covid are changing in Australia. How...

In the new year, coronavirus testing will be brought in line with other respiratory illnesses, with a referral required
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‘Lives are at stake’: Australia returns to the nicotine frontline w...

A decade since world-first plain packaging reforms, there is a new threat: the alarming rate of children using e-cigarettes
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Concussion and head trauma in contact sports to be examined by parl...

Lidia Thorpe’s proposal receives unanimous support, with the Greens senator saying ‘sports organisations need to be transparent about evidence’