What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

On 13 March, in the online Sydney Morning Herald, I came across an article that cannot be allowed to pass without comment. It was written to amuse, and originally featured in the UK’s Telegraph. It was headlined “It’s time to repeal Obamawear,” and described how 55-year-old Obama, previously seen “as a paragon of understated cool... Read More

It used to be, especially in home care, that a few people with a kind and caring nature could sustain a valuable service to the senior citizens of their local area. We owe a debt of gratitude to those community-spirited people who’ve been involved. There are still many services overseen by volunteer management committees or... Read More

The speed with which the scientific and medical communities have developed and tested these new vaccines has been extraordinary. However, this short timescale leaves us with some outstanding questions. Key among these is how long the protection we receive from vaccination, or indeed from infection with the virus itself, will last. We know, for example, that antibody levels drop quite quickly following a COVID-19 infection. Read More