Melissa Davey is the Chief of the Melbourne bureau at The Guardian. She covers a range of topics including medicine and healthcare, social justice, and climate change, often focusing on health news and consumer health. Melissa's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as MSN, Yahoo News, 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
Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago
By: Melissa Davey
Exclusive: Research spanning 82 countries finds antibiotic resistance increased in every region between 2004 and 2022
By: Melissa Davey
Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt found guilty of professional misconduct after tribunal considered complaints about her treatment of 13 patients
By: Melissa Davey
Melissa Davey Medical editor A surgeon has been found guilty of professional misconduct and barred from practising medicine for six months
By: Melissa Davey
Website offering blood check is aimed at people with a higher risk of disease – and false positives can create fear
By: Melissa Davey
Exclusive: Of more than 1,000 medicinal cannabis products available, only two have been evaluated by the drugs regulator
By: Melissa Davey
Melissa Davey Medical editor Doctors are commonly prescribing high-dose medicinal cannabis containing up to four times the concentration of THC tested in clinical trials, a review has found.
By: Melissa Davey
Labor’s national conference voted to repeal the ban but the PM fears it could undermine medical safeguards. We look at the debate shaping up
By: Melissa Davey
Konstantin Kontis and Vicky Kos were compelled to testify at a coronial inquest resuming on the sixth anniversary of the tragedy
By: Melissa Davey
Melissa Davey Medical editor Quiet sobs could be heard in Melbourne's coroner's court, as several families attended to finally hear from
