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By Emily Berger, Monash University There has been a reported spike in young people attending emergency departments for self-harm and suicide during the pandemic. In New South Wales, presentations to emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal thoughts are reportedly up by 47% since before the pandemic. In the year to July 29 2021, there were [...]
By Katrina McLean, Bond University and Natasha Yates, Bond University Last year in the COVID-19 pandemic, children were not catching or spreading the virus much. The main focus was on protecting our elderly and vulnerable. But the Delta strain has changed things. Children around the world are contracting Delta in high numbers and some frontline [...]
By Paul Harpur, The University of Queensland and Peter D. Blanck, Syracuse University Should universities require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before attending campus once vaccines are readily available in Australia? Professor Iain Martin, vice-chancellor of Deakin University and former dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of [...]
