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Health

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Chasing a formidable, invisible foe: Recollections of a ‘disease detective’

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Help wanted: Not enough of it getting to those in dementia-driven decline

Story by Fia Walsh

Health
Photo: Alicia Petresc/Unsplash

As pandemic adds to mother load, calls for more mental health support

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Society

Generation Lockdown: ‘Three of my four housemates have lost their jobs’

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Society
One Good Street

Neighbourhood watch: Loveliness in the time of coronavirus

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Danger sign at the former Building 164 site. Photo: Else Kennedy

Records unearth new questions on Melbourne University nuclear waste

Words and pictures by Else Kennedy

Health

A decade on, swine flu legacy shapes Indigenous response to coronavirus

Story by Benjamin Silvester

and Jordyn Beazley

Society
Jack Banister

Coronavirus hits Torres Strait’s traditional fishers as rock lobster market hits rock bottom

Words & photos by Jack Banister

Health
Picture: Mengting Chen

Students stranded in China by outbreak seek semester slowdown

Words by Jack Banister Wing Kuang

Photos by Mengting Chen

Society
Photo: Unsplash

Opinion: The coronavirus is not ‘Chinese’ – don’t racialise this threat

Words by Wing Kuang

Projects

Just a giggle, or is Laughter Yoga something more?

Video by Chenturan Aran

Health
Photo: Stephen Doggett (NSW Health Pathology)

Lyme disease in Australia? One tiny tick, one huge controversy

Words by Anthony Marsico

Health
Picture: Jo Chandler

Hopes polio emergency may deliver a silver lining for health in PNG

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Health
Image: Siora /Unsplash

Stressed, distressed, far from home, many overseas students are not OK

Words by Sakshi Agrawal

Health
Photo: Dan Meyers/Unsplash

Recognising stigma, in all its guises, critical to tackling suicide crisis

Words by Jakeb Fair

Health
Photo by John Barkiple/Unsplash

The battle to function when the brain gets its signals crossed

Words by Alexandra Alvaro

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About The Citizen

THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Jack Banister
  • Audio & Video editor: Louisa Lim
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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