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Trialling ways to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
Australians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into the sector. The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy co Read More...
Disability services reforms target homelessness
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
Australians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into the sector. The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy co Read More...
Young trans patients denied hormone therapy amid probe
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
A landmark decision to block hormone therapies for young trans patients will cause "immeasurable trauma", critics warn. Queensland's Liberal National government has been accused of pandering to prejudice after becoming the first in A Read More...
Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'
Last Updated: 28-01-2025
An ambitious plan to halve the number of Australian road deaths is in tatters, with a fourth consecutive national toll increase marking the worst result since the advent of seatbelts. Some 1300 people were killed on the nation's roads in 2024, Read More...
China bans slew of livestock imports over disease fears
Date of Posting: 28-01-2025
China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease. The ban, which also includes pro Read More...
Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
A two-year-old has been bitten by a dingo at a popular tourist destination - the second attack in two days. The dingo bit the child on the leg at Lake McKenzie (Boorangaroo) at K'gari, formerly Fraser Island, in Queensland on Sunday, resulting Read More...
WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan health services
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an end to attacks on health workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens. "As the only functional hospital in El Fash Read More...
CIA leans towards lab theory for COVID outbreak origin
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
The US Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson says. The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVI Read More...
Only person with a functioning pig organ is thriving
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
An Alabama woman has passed a major milestone to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. "I'm superwoman," Towana Looney told The Read More...
Warning to parents after dingo attacks four-year-old
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
A child has been bitten by a tagged female dingo at a popular tourist destination, prompting rangers to urge parents to be vigilant and stay close to their children. The dingo charged two children, aged four and 12, who were swimming in shallow wa Read More...
Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
Egg and poultry producers hit by a potentially devastating avian flu strain have had emergency rules lifted after the virus was eradicated. However, an infectious disease expert has warned Australians to remain on high alert as a more virulent str Read More...
Diet time: why a watch may tell if you're eating greens
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
Smartwatches, rings and other wearable tech could tell users whether they are eating enough vegetables in future as well as tracking their blood sugar without piercing the skin. Samsung Electronics confirmed research projects into both technologie Read More...
Aged-care failures exposed after deadly COVID outbreak
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
Poor leadership, insufficient communication and staff shortages all bubbled to the surface as a deadly wave of COVID-19 swept through an aged-care home, a coroner has found. Inquest findings, delivered on Friday, declared some of the 19 deaths dur Read More...
Restrictions lifted as avian flu outbreak eradicated
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
All restrictions on poultry and egg producers have been lifted as authorities declare a regional avian influenza outbreak eradicated. The Hawkesbury outbreak was one the most significant in NSW with more than 320,000 animals destroyed since June 2 Read More...
The 10-year freeze impacting mental health 'crisis'
Date of Posting: 23-01-2025
A worsening psychiatrist shortage in Australia's largest health system has prompted calls to lift restrictions on overseas-trained doctors. Almost two-thirds of public hospital psychiatrists are poised to resign from NSW Health over a pay disp Read More...
Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change
Date of Posting: 23-01-2025
Heart attacks can present differently in women so it's important health practitioners and patients learn the signs before it's too late, experts say. Sheila Marion Quairney, 68, presented to Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital on the Read More...
Babies' heel prick test expanded to critical disorder
Date of Posting: 22-01-2025
Newborn babies in Victoria will be offered an expanded heel prick test to include screening for another rare genetic disorder. Hours-old youngsters will be tested for galactosaemia from Wednesday, which can cause life-threatening liver disease and Read More...
Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout
Date of Posting: 22-01-2025
Wards have closed and hospitals are gearing up for the mental health crisis to worsen as public psychiatrist resignations begin trickling in. Almost two-thirds of public hospital psychiatrists are poised to resign from NSW Health over a pay disput Read More...
Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far. "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later c Read More...
Fears for new mums after mass psychiatrist resignation
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
New mothers experiencing mental distress may have to be treated in general psychiatric units separated from their babies as a mass resignation of public sector psychiatrists impacts the entire system. About 200 public hospital psychiatrists are po Read More...
Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
Crisis plans to deal with a mass resignation of psychiatrists will include paying their replacements twice as much and later bringing in cheaper, less-qualified workers. About 200 public-sector psychiatrists in NSW - representing about two-thirds Read More...
Mental health crisis looms as doctors prepare to quit
Date of Posting: 20-01-2025
Plans to reform the mental-health system in Australia's most populous state could necessitate replacing hundreds of psychiatrists who are threatening to resign. Psychiatrists will be joined by nurses and general practitioners on Monday to call Read More...
Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus
Date of Posting: 19-01-2025
Pregnant women will have free access to a vaccine to protect their newborns from the leading cause of hospitalisation for babies. Free vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, will be rolled out from February 3 as part of a $174 milli Read More...
First mpox case detected in Azerbaijan
Date of Posting: 19-01-2025
A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, a news agency reports, adding the patient had been isolated and is receiving treatment in hospital. Interfax quoted Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health and Management Union of Medical Territorial Units Read More...
Doctors baulking at $3k a day to plug mental health gap
Date of Posting: 19-01-2025
Interstate psychiatrists are baulking at $3050 a day to stand in solidarity with quitting NSW colleagues as the state resorts to telehealth to deal with an unfolding mental health crisis. As NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in thre Read More...
New study highlights effectiveness and cost benefits of Myriad(TM) in lower limb salvage surgeries
Date of Posting: 17-01-2025
New Zealand headquartered soft tissue regeneration company Aroa Biosurgery recently announced the publication of further strong clinical evidence reinforcing both efficacy and cost benefits of its AROA ECM™ technology when used in high-risk lim Read More...
No quick fix after years of warnings over health system
Date of Posting: 17-01-2025
Queensland's health system is under fire after a scathing audit revealed systemic failures, with the nurses union saying they sounded the alarm for years. The Queensland Audit Office report exposed a $2 billion maintenance backlog, record ambu Read More...
QLD:Plan to fix cracks in health system after damning audit
Date of Posting: 17-01-2025
Queensland's government has unveiled plans to tackle what it describes as a "broken" health system after a scathing audit report. Record ambulance ramping, worsening waitlists and a $2 billion maintenance backlog were revealed in a Q Read More...
Doctors warned 'aggressive' tactic will impact families
Date of Posting: 16-01-2025
When Jess sought help in a mental health crisis, emergency doctors pointed her in the direction of a private hospital. "Even though I was, like, acutely suicidal and manic, I wasn't admitted (publicly)," she told AAP.[subscribe] & Read More...
Row erupts as creaking health system poses serious risk
Date of Posting: 16-01-2025
Significant reform is needed to Queensland's health system with a fresh audit exposing critical issues in its infrastructure, cybersecurity and patient care. Years of underinvestment have compounded these problems, says the Queensland Audit Of Read More...
Research highlights alcohol links to disease and death
Date of Posting: 16-01-2025
Australians increase their likelihood of alcohol-related cancer by 12 per cent for every seven additional drinks a week, researchers have found. A study of over 180,000 people and their drinking habits began in 2005 with researchers following up o Read More...
Australia's GP shortage and why it's not just about training more doctors
Date of Posting: 15-01-2025
Australia is facing a critical shortage of General Practitioners (GPs), a problem set to worsen with an estimated shortfall of 8,600 GPs by 2048. But why can't the solution simply be to train more doctors? The demand for GP services is growing Read More...
Queensland Health in crisis, new report reveals
Date of Posting: 15-01-2025
Queensland's health system is in need of urgent reform after years of systemic breakdowns across infrastructure, cybersecurity and patient care, a new audit has revealed. The Queensland Audit office's latest report highlights a sector faci Read More...
Major study sheds light on depression's genetic links
Date of Posting: 15-01-2025
Hundreds of previously unknown genetic hints could one day provide earlier and more tailored treatment for depression, thanks to a major global study. The genetic markers were uncovered through DNA analysis of more than 680,000 people with depress Read More...
EDs face surge of patients with psychiatrist exodus
Date of Posting: 15-01-2025
Hospitals are planning to close several vital specialist mental health beds across a state as more than half of public psychiatrists prepare to resign. One doctor has warned that mental health patients will likely fill out emergency departments as Read More...
Plan to improve outcomes for Australians with autism
Date of Posting: 14-01-2025
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL AUTISM STRATEGY? * The first National Autism Strategy and its action plan aim to improve inclusion, support and life outcomes for Australians living with autism[subscribe] * They will centre on achieving in the key areas of Read More...
Bulk billing dips with GP care more complex and costly
Date of Posting: 14-01-2025
Fewer GP clinics than ever are taking on new bulk-billed patients, prompting calls to increase Medicare funding and stem the decline. Australia's bulk-billing rate plummeted to 20.7 per cent at the start of 2025, down from 35.7 per cent two ye Read More...
New patients continue struggle to find bulk-billing GPs
Date of Posting: 13-01-2025
Fewer GP clinics than ever will take new bulk-billed customers and out-of-pocket charges continue to rise, in data labelled concerning but not surprising. Healthcare directory Cleanbill's annual survey of nearly 7000 GP clinics found Australia Read More...
Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b
Date of Posting: 13-01-2025
Australia's economy is deprived of $26.6 billion annually due to lost productivity from untreated reproductive health conditions, a report reveals. The findings have fuelled calls for a national entitlement of 12 days of reproductive leave.[su Read More...
Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus'
Date of Posting: 12-01-2025
Australia's most populous state is accused of abandoning mental health patients by failing to meet pay demands to retain psychiatrists. The NSW government has conceded some 200 psychiatrists have resigned - about half the workforce - due to pa Read More...
