Public Health

The Young People’s Health Service: Improving the health of young people experiencing homelessness

Synopsis: Experiences of homelessness during adolescence and young adulthood can have profound impacts on a person’s future life course. Young people experiencing homelessness often experience intersecting determinants of health including financial and social exclusion, mental health stressors, and the use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD). Barriers to health care include accessibility and affordability, distrust … Continued

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From rotavirus discovery to development of the RV3-BB vaccine to prevent rotavirus disease in babies from birth

The discovery of rotavirus as the most common cause of acute dehydrating diarrhea at the Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne in 1973 provided hope for prevention of a major cause of death in young children worldwide. Building from this discovery, MCRI researchers have dedicated 5 decades to understanding the rotavirus and to the development and implementation of rotavirus vaccines.

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To prevent the unpredictable

Mental health risk assessments have always been a challenge, even for the most experienced clinicians. Risk assessment involves understanding not just the severity of the reported symptoms but the underlying motivations and the psychosocial circumstances. 

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A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Almost 10 years has passed since the first Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Whilst some progress has been made, many areas of need are escaping our efforts, and much more needs to be done to ensure optimal adolescent health and wellbeing. This second Commission brought together 44 commissioners from across the globe and disciplines, including 10 youth commissioners who co-led each workstream.

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Vaccine preventable diseases in 2025: Learning from the past and looking forward

Immunisations are one of the world’s greatest public health interventions, and also one of the areas of medicine increasingly susceptible to misinformation. Independent, evidence-based scientific advice to governments and the community is crucial in informing immunisation policy and appropriate utilisation and uptake of safe and effective vaccines.

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