Catherine Taylor

Genes, environment and lifestyle are some of the risk factors for serious diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. This is why scientists believe COVID-19 infection should be added to the list, writes Catherine Taylor.

Australians spend an average of 31 years of their lives on a diet yet we remain one of the most statistically overweight people in the world. Does anything work to shift unwanted kilos?

Two Qantas veterans – an accountant and a pilot – represent the two modern faces of the airline and the battle for its future. Can new boss Vanessa Hudson win staff's trust and customer loyalty after a bumpy few years?

Burnout is now such a specific experience that researchers are investigating whether it should be included as a mental health condition in its own right, alongside psychological illnesses like anxiety or depression, with which burnout is frequently confused. And this Australian research is at the cutting edge.

Hybrid work is now mainstream and a four-day week is up for debate. Could negotiating when you start work each day be the next frontier in workplace flexibility?

For centuries, British monarchs — including Queen Elizabeth II — ruled over vast swathes of the globe with the most powerful empire in history. Even as it has crumbled, its legacy of colonialism lives on in the countries forever changed by British imperialism.

The pressure on teachers right now is intense, with research suggesting almost 60 per cent are considering leaving the profession. But are ex-teachers who've made the leap thriving in their post-classroom lives?

A Qantas engineer made an error that released hundreds of oxygen masks but failed to accurately document the problem. As engineers strike over pay, profit results are released and a jet base insider reveals widespread stress among staff, what can we learn about an airline under pressure?

Australia has the highest number of COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and deaths of any time during the pandemic and modelling predicts August will see a significant further rise in cases before the curve begins to fall again.

As cancellations and delays threaten Qantas's reputation with customers and its budget faces challenging conditions, can the airline turn things around?

Whether you are looking to save money to offset the rising cost of living, or keen to do your bit to slow climate change, keeping an eye on energy consumption in your home, cutting back where possible and developing new energy-efficient habits, can have a big impact. Here are five areas to focus your efforts.

The calm and ordered veneer that has become a hallmark of Japanese society was shockingly ripped away with Shinzo Abe's killing. Yet the country is also well known for sporadic but significant examples of politically motivated violence.

Across Ukraine, accounts of rape by Russian soldiers are growing. It is the 'most hidden' war crime and as the first rape case of the war begins in a Ukrainian court, human rights lawyers are working out how victims like Olha can get justice, and even if Vladimir Putin himself could be charged with the crime.

Without new antibiotics, the world is on track to re-enter the medical dark ages by 2050, when a simple cut could kill 10 million people a year. So why are they so hard to find?

It is a sleepy rural scene: a pale grey sky hangs low over a grassy slope, bordered by the bare branches of winter trees. But the scene hides horrors that war crimes investigators are already raking over.

The story of Madeleine McCann is one that has touched almost every corner of the globe, yet the truth of what happened to her is not yet told. As the official investigation into her disappearance by Britain's Metropolitan Police winds down, what lessons can be used to help other missing children?

How Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swapped careers, donned khakis and remade himself once again into a leader the world is turning to.

This time two weeks ago the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained hypothetical. Yet the grim escalation of war between Moscow and Kyiv is now devastatingly real. This day-by-day account shows how we got here.

It's one of the most common medical conditions on the planet so why are the causes of anxiety still such a mystery? This is how scientists are working to unravel them.

The vaccination rollout for children aged five to 11, which begins today, is doing little to calm rising concern about how to keep schools safe as Omicron spreads. These are the strategies experts advise will help to keep students and their teachers protected.

As we pause after a bumpy ride on this week's COVID wave, it's worth reflecting on the journey and the key questions we wrestled with.

Receiving a text revealing you have tested positive to COVID is a big moment, filled with uncertainty about what is to come. Yet it’s also oddly anticlimactic: the text arrives … then … nothing. So what should you do next?

As we embark on another year overshadowed by SARS-CoV-2, now is a good time to reflect on how far medical science has brought us in treating COVID-19 and where it might take us in 2022.

Variant-proof vaccines are the next great goal in efforts to control COVID-19 and while there is a long way to go, these Australian scientists are closing in on the answers — with a little help from genetically engineered mice. 

Linda Fisher and her husband Ken are members of Generation AZ — the group of those aged over 60 who lined up for an AstraZeneca vaccine, the only one available to their age group for some time. But the three month delay between vaccine one and two has also pushed back their booster. Are they at risk?