Melissa Davey

Endorsement of British American Tobacco by Climate Active was revoked after complaint was made, FoI documents show

Exclusive: New report finds coverage in media and public discussion often not based on strong evidence and overemphasises the severity and frequency of symptoms

Exclusive: synthetic compound highlights neurodegeneration when injected into patients at early stages of disease, study shows

TGA to deliver recommendations to the government on how to curtail rise in vaping rates, particularly among young people

Studies find rising emergency presentations for suicidal ideation and self-harm, as well as growing antidepressant use

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

New antivirals, more research on long Covid and, hopefully, treatments: Experts say we’re now in a ‘totally different era’

In the new year, coronavirus testing will be brought in line with other respiratory illnesses, with a referral required

A decade since world-first plain packaging reforms, there is a new threat: the alarming rate of children using e-cigarettes

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

WHO says the strains are not different enough to label them variants of concern, but experts urge staying up to date with vaccines

Exclusive: Expert who has downplayed link between concussion and traumatic brain injury is accused of 10 more cases of plagiarism

Settlement of two Australian class actions is largest in country’s history and subject to federal court approval

Evidence of past infection was detected in 46.2% of samples, compared with 17% in February

Vaccine inequity and emerging variants mean the future of the pandemic is increasingly uncertain, researchers say

Doctors accuse government of ‘mixed messages’ as hospitalisations rise, saying they should be open to more preventive measures

Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 likely to cause rates of reinfection to rise among people previously infected, experts warn

Some state premiers and chief health officers are calling on people to use masks in public indoor spaces

Scientists who were instrumental in sunbeds being banned in Australia are helping UK researchers to try to reduce melanoma cases

Doctors say some coronavirus patients dying after weeks in hospital and flu season could add to strain on system