Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US

Jun 07, 2019 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The people of Baltimore are beginning their fifth week under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from obtaining building permits and business licenses and even buying or selling homes. A year after hackers...

Trump's Mexico tariffs don't make sense, but Americans will pay a steep price anyway if they go into effect

Jun 07, 2019 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The Trump administration says it intends to slap a 5% tariff on every medium-sized car, avocado and other Mexican import beginning June 10 all almost US$1 billion worth that crosses the border into the U.S. each day on...

Menopause? Start estrogen replacement therapy sooner, to reduce heart disease

Jun 07, 2019 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women was once seen as a fountain of youth. Studies showed regular estrogen supplementation decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in...

The gene therapy revolution is here. Medicine is scrambling to keep pace

Jun 07, 2019 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

This article is an edited extract from Elizabeth Finkels address Gene therapy: cure but at what cost? to the National Press Club June 5 2019. Were publishing it as part of our occasional series Zoom Out, where authors...

It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?

Jun 07, 2019 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Australias Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy will investigate how to better protect patients from doctors charging really unjustifiable, excessive fees of up to A$10,000 or more for medical procedures. Murphy said it...

Press, platforms and power: mapping out a stronger Australian media landscape

Jun 07, 2019 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In his first address to the caucus after Labors shock election loss, Bill Shorten pointed to conservative interests spending unprecedented hundreds of millions of dollars advertising, telling lies, spreading fear...

What do 11-year-olds think about Brexit? I asked – and they didn't hold back

Jun 07, 2019 16:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Brexit has been a seismic event in UK politics, but its real implications will be felt most by future generations of children. Once the immediate political drama is over, it is todays young people who will live in the new...