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Could taking hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus be more harmful than helpful?

  • Written by Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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A paper published in The Lancet has cast fresh controversy on the use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19.

The study’s authors reported they were “unable to confirm a benefit” of using the drug, while also finding COVID-19 patients in hospital treated with hydroxychloroquine...

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why suicide modelling is so difficult

  • Written by Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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We’ve recently heard experts raise concerns about a looming mental health crisis, warning COVID-19’s psychological toll on Australians could be like a second wave of the pandemic.

Suicide modelling from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre has predicted a potential 25-50% increase in the number of people...

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Why is there so much furore over China's Belt and Road Initiative?

  • Written by Michael Clarke, Associate Professor, National Security College, Australian National University
Why is there so much furore over China's Belt and Road Initiative?Guanghui Gu / Costfoto/Sipa USA

There were certainly questions asked when Victoria first signed a memorandum of understanding to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2018, but it wasn’t until the past week that the criticism reached a fever pitch.

The depth of the animosity over the deal shows the extent to which the BRI has...

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Morrison's industrial relations peace gambit is worth a shot. Even if it fails, it's shrewd politics

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week announced plans for a potential “grand bargain” on industrial relations.

Speaking at the National Press Club, he framed the issue as one of boosting economic productivity:

We must enable our businesses to earn Australia’s way out of this crisis. And that means focusing on the...

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  14. parents of children with disability struggle to get the basics during coronavirus
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