John Elder
Hard to swallow: Gargling may reduce spread of COVID-19
Is that the sound of yodelers drowning all over the neighbourhood? Sort of. COVID-19 has sparked something of a gargling craze. From...
The new reality: Scratchy throat? Call your doctor at the first sign
This week’s Covid Conversation looks at how many patients have abandoned their doctors during the coronavirus crisis, neglecting their health and putting...
COVIDSafe and the privacy paradox: Why so many Australians haven’t signed up
This week, in the Covid Conversation podcast, I’m talking with two Professors of Law from the University of Melbourne about privacy and...
A brush with death in aisle four: Social distancing in supermarkets
The first time I was threatened with a beating around the legs with a ruler, I was six years old. My crime?...
Tough cure for insomnia: Patients woken up every 20 minutes
As a child, Anna Guthleben took to staying up late as a guilty pleasure, but also as a natural talent. Reading under...
Tim Costello on COVID-19: A wake-up call for fathers, a reprieve for gamblers
In the ongoing search for a silver lining in the age of COVID-19, The New Daily sat down this week with the...
Professor Vishaal Kishore and the science of loneliness
This week, in a wide-ranging interview with The New Daily, Professor Vishaal Kishore, Director of the Health Transformation Lab at RMIT, talked...
Did a Death Star take out a planet for real? Something did
If you’ve felt a great disturbance in the Force of late, of the sort that made you stagger and press your fingertips...
Young and overweight? The fatter you are, the harder COVID-19 will hit you
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in France, doctors noticed that, along with the older people who were more likely...
A guide to coronavirus etiquette: Please sir, can you move six steps away?
It’s all very well (and correct) for the Prime Minister to order his subjects to keep four square metres from one another...