Melissa Davey is the Chief of the Guardian Australia's Melbourne bureau. She covers areas such as medicine, social justice, and equality, highlighting the intersection of these critical themes in her reporting. Melissa's work has been featured in prominent outlets including MSN, Yahoo Sports Canada, Yahoo News UK, and The Irish Times.
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Melissa Davey's coverage predominantly focuses on healthcare and pharmaceutical issues within Australia, with a specific emphasis on government announcements, legal policy regulation, and data-backed reporting. Her articles often scrutinize societal or public health issues through the lens of scientific research.
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By: Melissa Davey
Anyone in a monogamous relationship can now donate immediately, as long as other criteria – such as age and iron levels – are met
By: Melissa Davey
Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania
By: Melissa Davey
While not approved in Australia, the procedure is on the rise in the US. But there are questions of safety – and the ethics of using donated tissue to plump up the living
By: Melissa Davey
Health official says thousands of people may be affected due to ‘poor infection control practices’ at Strathfield clinic
By: Melissa Davey
Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death
By: Melissa Davey
The health minister, Mark Butler , has expressed concern about “the biggest diphtheria outbreak we've seen, certainly for decades” as the serious
By: Hannah Parkes, Melissa Davey, Nour Haydar, Lu Hill
Medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Nour Haydar about the two viruses causing global health authorities to reexamine their pandemic plans and why the WHO is treating the Ebola outbreak as a global health emergency
By: Melissa Davey, Sarah Collard
By the time a national vaccine blitz was announced this week, unlinked cases had already been reported in four states. Why did it take so long for governments to act?
By: Melissa Davey
Comparatively low numbers of respiratory viruses so far this year follows the worst influenza season in Australia on record in 2025, which saw more than 500,000 confirmed infections
By: Melissa Davey
Experts are often contacted by people ‘convinced’ they have a prolonged, undiagnosed parasitic infection
