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Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of 'dance fever'

  • Written by: Averyl Gaylor, PhD Candidate in History and Manager, Centre for Health, Law and Society at La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University
Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of 'dance fever'Dickenson-Monteith/The Australian Performing Arts Collection

Today’s latest medical advice is to wash our hands to the chorus of songs from the likes of Lizzo, Gloria Gaynor or Beyoncé. This is to mitigate the boredom of washing to Happy Birthday … twice!

Public health strategies have been linked to popular culture before. In...

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MPs aim for lightning sitting on stimulus, as third parliamentarian contracts virus

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A pared-down parliament will aim to pass the government’s stimulus package in a single day’s sitting on Monday.

As a third federal parliamentarian tested positive for coronavirus, the government and opposition agreed to pair 30 a side from the 151 House of Representatives members. The Senate will also be reduced.

Members with personal or...

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We're bringing you the best information we can on Coronavirus

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation
We're bringing you the best information we can on CoronavirusPhoto taken during The Conversation's daily Zoom-facilitated quiz.

As many of us retreat to the relative safety of our homes – hopefully now replete with toilet tissue – I thought it might be useful to share a little of how the team behind The Conversation is navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.

From today we have asked staff at The...

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The coronavirus looks less deadly than first reported, but it's definitely not 'just a flu'

  • Written by: Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
The coronavirus looks less deadly than first reported, but it's definitely not 'just a flu'Felipe Esquivel Reed/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The avalanche of coronavirus infections in the current pandemic has been accompanied by a similar avalanche of information, making it hard to sift reliable news from the noise.

Among the most crucial questions is: how deadly is the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

First things first: contrary to some reports, there...

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  2. the Reserve Bank's plan for when cash rate cuts no longer work
  3. The 'herd immunity' route to fighting coronavirus is unethical and potentially dangerous
  4. Why are older people more at risk of coronavirus?
  5. New Zealand outstrips Australia, UK and US with $12 billion coronavirus package for business and people in isolation
  6. How a time of panic buying could yet bring us together
  7. what closing schools and childcare centres would mean for parents and casual staff
  8. what are the laws mandating self-isolation and how will they be enforced?
  9. Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look like
  10. Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn question
  11. Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific
  12. old books hold new insights for the digital generation
  13. Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic
  14. 5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus
  15. How changes brought on by coronavirus could help tackle climate change
  16. First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity's ancient drive to decorate
  17. The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can't see
  18. What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
  19. The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers
  20. Government forced to "scale up" fiscal response to deal with impact of "scaled up" health response
  21. Reserve Bank and government prepare fresh emergency measures as markets tumble
  22. why are we cancelling large gatherings? And what other 'social distancing' options are left?
  23. Can I take the dog for a walk? Can I put the kids to bed? What you should and shouldn't do if you're in coronavirus self-isolation
  24. To limit coronavirus risks on public transport, here's what we can learn from efforts overseas
  25. How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explains
  26. Will coronavirus damage Trump in the US general election? And Morrison's ratings improve in Newspoll
  27. an incisive global perspective on deeper crises
  28. This coronavirus share market crash is unlike those that have gone before it
  29. We must fight climate change like it's World War III – here are 4 potent weapons to deploy
  30. How will coronavirus affect property prices?
  31. Scientists find burnt, starving koalas weeks after the bushfires
  32. Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership
  33. Should I test my gut microbes to improve my health?
  34. Snakes make good food. Banning farms won't help the fight against coronavirus
  35. More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep
  36. remembering a time when we were outraged
  37. Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands
  38. NZ's decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it's the right thing to do
  39. your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts
  40. your questions answered by virus experts
  41. Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison's government, with Peter Dutton infected
  42. 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis
  43. the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus
  44. what they are, how they spread and how they make you sick
  45. what you need to know to prepare and respond
  46. Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
  47. Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and it's unlikely to help now
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