08-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com

As the US slashes health funding and measles re-emerges, Australia must urgently invest in our public health system | Ranjana Srivastava

The time to prepare for the next health emergency is now. We must not be complacentGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLate one evening, I am reflecting on my inpatient list. The first patient, a middle-aged man, has been admitted with an “all-over” rash.Since every other patient was sicker, this patient had slipped from my mind and I had left the hospital without seeing him, thus breaking my own rule. Continue reading...
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