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Last week the New South Wales government announced schools are scheduled to re-open in October. While face-to-face learning undoubtedly has benefits for both children and parents, the announcement left unanswered a series of important questions about how this can be done safely.

A University of Queensland and Mater Research study has shown the number of expectant mothers admitted to hospital for a planned early birth dramatically halved during the early stages of the first COVID-lockdown in 2020.

Associate Professor Dr Riitta Partanen has been officially appointed as Head of The University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) after a competitive recruitment process.

A University of Queensland study is calling for changes to the way depression is treated in Indigenous communities in Australia.

A student-led initiative to vaccinate homeless people for free has received an “overwhelming response”, according to its seven University of Queensland founders.

Australia’s current crop of COVID-19 vaccines consists of a shot by American biotechnology company Pfizer, which we import, and the vaccine by British-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca, the bulk of which we manufacture onshore in Melbourne under license.

A pioneer for healthcare reform is among members of UQ’s Faculty of Medicine community recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Australians aged under 60 will no longer receive first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine due to the rare risk of a serious blood clotting disorder among people aged 50 to 59.

Researchers have praised healthcare systems in Australia and New Zealand, after both nations recorded some of the world’s best long-term recovery rates for heart attack sufferers.

Doctors need more evidence to help patients to safely and effectively stop taking antidepressants, a collaborative study with The University of Queensland has found.

The decision to stop prescribing long-term anti-depressants should be made only after careful preparation by GPs and their patients, University of Queensland research has found.

Two Indigenous brothers set to study medicine at UQ will draw on their cultural knowledge and life experiences with one shared goal – improving health outcomes in their communities.

Two rural medical researchers from The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) have taken out the 2020 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Foundation Best General Practice Research Article in the Australia Journal of General Practice (AJGP) Award.

The MD-MPH is a very useful and versatile higher degree to combine with medicine and it provides many options for you to follow in your clinical career.

People with serious mental illness should be given priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, say University of Queensland researchers.

Doctor Noel Hayman, Queensland’s first Indigenous doctor, blazed the trail and now Doctor James Tronc is excited to follow in his illustrious footsteps as one of six Indigenous doctors to graduate from The University of Queensland this month.

An Australian-first university and hospital partnership is set to train up to 40 doctors in regional Queensland each year.