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UK review backs raising smoking age
Date of Posting: 10-06-2022
The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raised by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco products, a government-commissioned review recommends. Progressively increasing the minimum age from 18 was one of 15 i Read More...
Every day is fulfilling as an aged care physiotherapist
Date of Posting: 10-06-2022
One thing that draws people to work in physiotherapy is the diversity of career options. It’s a speciality that has a key role to play across the full circle of life – and for aged care physiotherapist, Greg Bowman, nothing is more reward Read More...
WHO says 1000 monkeypox cases reported
Date of Posting: 09-06-2022
There have been more than 1000 monkeypox cases reported to the World Health Organisation in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk of mo Read More...
Qld law changes concern plastic surgeons
Date of Posting: 09-06-2022
People have used social media testimonials to build entire surgery practices without any medical qualifications, a Queensland inquiry has been told. Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons president Daniel Kennedy told a parliamentary inquiry into Read More...
COVID-19 hit mental health and hip pockets
Date of Posting: 09-06-2022
One in five Australians say pressure to pay the bills at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the nature of jobs drastically changed, adversely affected their mental health, a survey has found. Researchers from the University of Sydney and Au Read More...
Canada issues monkeypox travel warning
Date of Posting: 08-06-2022
Canada has issued a monkeypox travel notice, advising visitors to more than two dozen countries, including Australia, Britain and the United States, to take precautions and warning of potential delays returning home if they fall ill. In a level-tw Read More...
Aust nuclear scientists fight superbugs
Last Updated: 08-06-2022
Antibiotics aren't enough to keep superbugs at bay anymore but an Australian research team is trying to combat resistant bacteria using nuclear technology. The World Health Organisation has declared antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 g Read More...
Qld students to get free period products
Date of Posting: 08-06-2022
Queensland public high school students will get free period products such as tampons and sanitary pads from July. The state government has been trialling vending machines from charity Sharing the Dignity, which dispense period packs, containing si Read More...
NSW wage boost 'insult to injury'
Date of Posting: 07-06-2022
NSW public sector workers will get a three per cent pay rise in the budget but it won't be enough to stop further industrial action. Premier Dominic Perrottet flagged a three per cent wages boost for the next financial year, with another 3.5 p Read More...
Temporary Vic mental health hubs extended
Date of Posting: 07-06-2022
Thirty Victorian mental health hubs will keep operating for another 12 months to bridge the gap between permanent facilities opening. The decision, announced on Tuesday, to keep the hubs open until at least the end of June 2023 is set to cost the Read More...
More hospital beds in SA winter strategy
Date of Posting: 07-06-2022
An extra 80 hospital beds will be opened across Adelaide's hospital network along a new acute assessment centre as part of a winter strategy to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a rise in flu infections. The extra beds are on top of Read More...
Union welcomes NSW paramedics boost
Last Updated: 06-06-2022
Nearly 2000 paramedics will join NSW's "worked to the bone" workforce as the state government commits to a funding boost. The Health Services Union has welcomed the announcement following several industrial actions by NSW paramedics Read More...
NSW public sector wage boost in budget
Date of Posting: 06-06-2022
NSW public sector workers will get a pay rise above the long-standing 2.5 per cent cap, the premier has announced. Dominic Perrottet says public sector wages will increase by three per cent in the next financial year and up to 3.5 per cent the yea Read More...
Evidence building on COVID-19 antivirals
Date of Posting: 05-06-2022
Oral antiviral drug treatments approved for use in Australia could reduce the severity and lethality of COVID-19, two new international studies suggest. The results of studies in Israel and Hong Kong (yet to be published or peer-reviewed) suggest Read More...
Vaccine tech to help combat next pandemic
Date of Posting: 05-06-2022
Research and development during the coronavirus pandemic will help Australia tackle the next public health crisis, experts believe. Manufacturers have been able to produce COVID-19 vaccines in record time over the past two years, with new mRNA tec Read More...
NSW confirms Aust's sixth monkeypox case
Date of Posting: 05-06-2022
NSW has confirmed its fourth, and identified a probable fifth, case of monkeypox. Two men in their 30s recently returned from Europe, where they had travelled together, and developed symptoms after landing in Sydney.[subscribe] One of the men h Read More...
Fifth monkeypox case detected in Aust
Date of Posting: 04-06-2022
A Victorian man has become the fifth monkeypox case detected in Australia after returning from the United Kingdom. The returned overseas traveller, aged in his 30s, developed mild symptoms after arriving back in Melbourne and seeking medical atten Read More...
Girls more stressed than boys about COVID
Date of Posting: 04-06-2022
Teenage girls were more stressed than boys during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their mental health should be a greater focus if there is a similar outbreak in the future, researchers say. "Mental health responses during th Read More...
Distress adds to rural health pressures
Date of Posting: 04-06-2022
Distress in older people with chronic illnesses is placing added strain on the rural health system, a new study suggests. A Flinders University study looked at data from 5920 rural and regional patients aged 60 and over to understand how psycholog Read More...
Kidney injury hidden in COVID-19 patients
Date of Posting: 03-06-2022
Millions of COVID-19 patients may have an undiagnosed, potentially fatal acute kidney disease, according to a new study. University of Queensland researchers say one in five virus patients admitted to hospital and two in five in intensive care dev Read More...
New monkeypox case detected in NSW
Date of Posting: 03-06-2022
A man in his 50s who recently returned to Sydney from Queensland is the second person to be diagnosed with monkeypox in NSW and the third in Australia. The man developed a mild illness several days after he arrived home. He visited his GP before g Read More...
Lasers could help treat bowel disease pain
Date of Posting: 03-06-2022
Jazmine Domagala is hopeful a little bit of light will help reduce her pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression. The 20-year-old has suffered a day-to-day grind of debilitating symptoms since being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, an inflammatory Read More...
Aust women to access cheaper IVF treatment
Date of Posting: 02-06-2022
A less painful, home-grown and much cheaper version of traditional IVF is now available for Australian women hoping to have a baby. The Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney is the first provider in Australia to offer the CAPA-IVM, a new fertility tr Read More...
NSW HIV cases drop, but testing also low
Date of Posting: 02-06-2022
NSW has recorded its lowest quarterly number of HIV cases but health authorities remain concerned because testing rates have also declined. Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant is urging anyone at risk to get tested, particularly if it has been more t Read More...
Transplant success after liver kept 3 days
Date of Posting: 02-06-2022
A damaged human liver has been treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient - a world first. The man quickly recovered his quality of life without any signs of liver damage, as well as rej Read More...
'Enough' vaccines for free Vic flu program
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
Victorian GPs and pharmacies will have enough vaccines to meet surging demand as a free jab program begins to combat a "nasty" influenza season, health authorities say. From Wednesday to June 30, Victorians aged six months and over can g Read More...
Sydney warned after sixth Legionella case
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
People who have been in central Sydney are being warned to watch out for symptoms of legionnaires' disease after six cases were recorded in the past two weeks. Two women and four men aged from their 40s to 70s visited the city on separate occa Read More...
Qld plans tougher smoking, tobacco laws
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
Smoking could be banned from more public places in Queensland as the state tries to crack down on second-hand smoke, underage users, illegal tobacco and vaping. Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has called for public submissions on a raft of legal Read More...
US, Canada probe Hepatitis A outbreak
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17 people in the United States and 10 in Canada, the agencies say. Fifteen illness Read More...
Virus vax mandate challenged in Qld court
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
Queensland police and health workers have begun their challenge to COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the Brisbane Supreme Court. A trial involving three matters got under way on Monday, after legal issues stalled proceedings lodged by others.[subscribe Read More...
Qld physio on trial for sexual assaults
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
A Queensland physiotherapist digitally raped a female patient before sexually assaulting another later that day, a court has been told. Scott Alexander Stuart Mackay, 48, is on trial after two women made complaints following their sessions at a Wi Read More...
Victorians set to get free flu vaccination
Date of Posting: 30-05-2022
The Andrews government is slated to announce free flu vaccinations for Victorians as the state grapples with a tough start to the season. Australian Medical Association Victorian president Roderick McRae confirmed this week was when he expected th Read More...
Monkeypox a moderate risk to world
Date of Posting: 30-05-2022
The World Health Organisation says monkeypox constitutes a moderate risk to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found. "The public health risk could become high if th Read More...
Virus deaths again on the rise across Aust
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
COVID-19 deaths are again on the rise with Australia recording 88 fatalities over the weekend. Victoria reported more than 7300 new virus cases and 16 deaths on Sunday, NSW more than 6500 infections and four fatalities.[subscribe] There were 30 Read More...
Experts call for more action on monkeypox
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries. They argue that governments and the World Health Organisation Read More...
NSW ambos launch snap industrial action
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
Paramedics across NSW will refuse to take patients' billing details over the next five days as their dispute with the government over pay and conditions escalates. Paramedics brought forward industrial action, due to begin on Monday, after the Read More...
Contain monkeypox by acting now
Date of Posting: 28-05-2022
A World Health Organisation senior official says containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries is a priority and can be achieved through quick action. Monkeypox, typically a mild viral infection, is endemic in African countries but its spread furt Read More...
Qld doctors seek Medicare, health reforms
Date of Posting: 28-05-2022
Queensland doctors are urging the Albanese government to increase Medicare rebates and hold a national summit to resuscitate health-care systems that are no longer fit for purpose. Public hospitals, primary and allied health-care facilities have b Read More...
Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'
Date of Posting: 27-05-2022
Victoria's embattled triple-zero call service resorted to manually allocating ambulances when a technical error crashed its system overnight More than 70 patients were left waiting for paramedics after the dispatch system suffered an IT glitch Read More...
Paramedics ramp up NSW industrial action
Date of Posting: 27-05-2022
NSW paramedics are stepping up industrial action in their fight for better resources as ambulance services face unprecedented demand. Australian Paramedics Association NSW vice president Scott Beaton says workloads are unsustainable and ambulance Read More...
