Gerontology & Geriatrics

Aged care facilities boosted by disaster toolkit

A free national resource is helping aged care providers ensure they are optimally prepared for fires, floods and other emergencies, equipped to respond comprehensively and recover swiftly.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Computer models for 80 potential COVID-19 treatments

Australian scientists using cloud-based supercomputer programs have joined forces with biotechnology company Vaxine Pty Ltd to identify up to 80 new potential candidate drugs against the COVID-19 virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Worry increases, distancing decreases with COVID second wave

Victoria's COVID-19 second-wave outbreak and related lockdown has seen a spike in anxiety and worry among Australians everywhere, but particularly in Victoria, new data from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

Health

COVID-19 and Mexico's domestic violence crisis

Measures put in place to control COVID-19 have impacted the wellbeing of millions of people worldwide to such an extent that some experts question whether the harm caused will persist long after the pandemic has eased.

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