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Vaccine-induced cells boost COVID immunity
Date of Posting: 23-03-2022
Australian researchers have found vaccine-induced T cells can provide more than a year's worth of immunity to COVID-19. A Doherty Institute study, published in the Nature Immunology journal on Wednesday, has shown the body's T cells provid Read More...
Push for endometriosis centre in Victoria
Date of Posting: 23-03-2022
A Victorian MP is calling for $35 million to set up Australia's first specialised endometriosis centre, to provide better outcomes for patients and enhance research into the disorder. To coincide with Endometriosis Awareness Month in March, Re Read More...
Doctors and nurses worldwide point to roadmap to future-proof healthcare
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Thousands of doctors and nurses from across the globe have revealed exactly what it will take to fill gaps and future-proof today’s healthcare system, in a new report from Elsevier Health. Published two years after the COVID-19 pandemic bega Read More...
Midwifery - empowering families on their parenthood journey
Last Updated: 22-03-2022
For NSW-based midwife Astra Joynt, her work is about much more than just caring for women giving birth. It’s about developing relationships with families, and setting up their first chapter of parenthood in the most positive way possible. &l Read More...
Alarming snapshot of workers' mental health through pandemic
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
The mental health of workers’ took a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic – and a new study has confirmed this was influenced by a combination of remote-working, isolation, income loss, unemployment, and burnout. “Think about the men Read More...
Vital role nurses play in crises needs recognition
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Nurses are best equipped to lead strategies managing catastrophic events because of their real-time, hands-on experience of dealing with the challenging unfolding situations present. A new report from Health Professionals Bank and the Australian C Read More...
COVID-19 claims its youngest victim in NSW
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children for COVID-19 after the virus claimed the life of a healthy two-year-old Sydney child. Deputy Chief Health Officer Marianne Gale announced the toddler's death on Monday, saying the child had n Read More...
NSW paramedics, nurses push for pay rise
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
NSW paramedics are pushing for a 10 per cent or higher pay rise as well as an additional 2000 staff to turn around deteriorating ambulance response times across the state. Industrial action by paramedics on Monday meant they refused to leave their Read More...
Indigenous suicide rate 'national tragedy'
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Ingidenous people are dying of suicide at more than double the rate of the non-Indigenous Australians and it is a national tragedy, the federal government says. The Commonwealth and the Northern Territory government will spend $43 million over the Read More...
Health practitioners' role in eliminating family violence - a survivor's story
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Trigger warning: Some readers may find this article distressing. If you need support because of sexual assault, domestic or family violence you can call 1800 RESPECT for 24/7 phone and online services. If you, a child, or another person is in immedia Read More...
One-in-five young people have tried vaping
Last Updated: 22-03-2022
More than one in five young adults have tried vaping, as large numbers of the cohort shun tobacco smoking, according to new figures. Data released on Monday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed 21.7 per cent of those between 18 to 24 ha Read More...
Paramedics to launch NSW industrial action
Date of Posting: 22-03-2022
Hundreds of "under-resourced" NSW paramedics will ratchet up an industrial campaign against the state government by refusing to leave their posts to fill gaps at other ambulance stations. The 24-hour action on Monday means paramedics acr Read More...
Mental health to be key budget focus
Date of Posting: 21-03-2022
Support for mental health will be one the key planks of the federal budget in just over a week's time, Health Minister Greg Hunt says. Mr Hunt says mental health is one of the four pillars of Australia's long-term national health plan.[sub Read More...
The simmering fury over rural health
Date of Posting: 20-03-2022
The emotion in Dr Martin Kelly's voice soars above the buzzing and crackling phone line from remote South Australia. He describes life as a GP in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara indigenous communities to a group of politicians sitting in Read More...
Aussies a tad smile shy, research shows
Date of Posting: 20-03-2022
Peace begins with a smile and offering one is free therapy, so the sayings go. However research reveals Australians might be feeling a little apprehensive about flashing a mask-less grin now that COVID-19 restrictions have eased.[subscribe] Com Read More...
Moderna seeks US approval for 2nd booster
Date of Posting: 19-03-2022
Moderna has sought emergency use authorisation with US health regulators for a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults, as a surge in cases in some parts of the world fuels fears of another wave of the pandemic. The company's request comes Read More...
More focus needed on women's heart health
Date of Posting: 19-03-2022
Senator Kimberley Kitching's early death highlights the need for major change to Australia's clinical guidelines to address the disparity between men and women when it comes to heart disease, the Heart Foundation says. Heart disease is the Read More...
Patients wait 12 weeks for a GP in Qld
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
The doctor shortage in rural Queensland has left some patients waiting for up to 12 weeks to see a GP, while Indigenous health services are spending millions of dollars on locum doctors, an inquiry has been told. Hayley Mattson-Finger, from the yo Read More...
UK approves AstraZeneca antibody therapy
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
Britain's medicines regulator has approved AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID-19 treatment for adults with poor immune response, marking a major step in the fight against the pandemic amid the spread of the Omicron variant. The decision to Read More...
Hand, foot and mouth strikes NT child care
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
Hand, foot and mouth disease is spreading at childcare centres in the Northern Territory, with dozens of children having fallen ill. About 70 cases of the viral infection that causes fluid-filled blisters have been reported in the Top End region i Read More...
Breaking the bias in healthcare leadership
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
For all the progress that has been made, women continue to remain underrepresented in leadership positions. And Healthcare Leadership is no different! According to a recent survey by the Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership (AWHL) project, des Read More...
NSW takes historic first step towards better health for LGBTQI people
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
A new Health Centre to care for and support LGBTQ people to improve their health will be established by ACON as part of the first NSW LGBTIQ+ Health Strategy unveiled. The Centre will deliver primary care and GP, mental health, sexual health and c Read More...
Nurses leading role in crisis responses deserve recognition
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
Nurses are best equipped to lead strategies managing catastrophic events because of their real-time, hands-on experience of dealing with the challenging unfolding situations present. A new report from Health Professionals Bank and the Australian C Read More...
Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
A new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range of hard-to-diagnose neurological and neuromuscular genetic diseases qui Read More...
Life changing bowel cancer treatment added to PBS benefitting thousands of Australians
Date of Posting: 18-03-2022
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) supports the move to add Braftovi, a targeted therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) this year, improving health outcomes for potentially t Read More...
Private obstetric care increases the chance of caesarean birth
Last Updated: 18-03-2022
Women in Australia are more likely to have an unplanned caesarean birth if they give birth in a private hospital rather than a public hospital – independent of their health status during pregnancy or their birth plans. Our recent study Read More...
Vaccine target nears as COVID cases surge
Date of Posting: 17-03-2022
As Australia prepares to reach a critical vaccination milestone, an explosion of COVID-19 cases is a reminder the pandemic is far from over. More than 30,000 cases of COVID-19 were detected in NSW on Wednesday, however, the number included 10,000 Read More...
Seventh NSW case of Japanese encephalitis
Date of Posting: 17-03-2022
A woman has become the seventh person to be diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis in NSW. The woman in her 40s is from the Berrigan area in the Riverina region, NSW Health said on Wednesday.[subscribe] She was treated in hospital before being di Read More...
AMA offers grim report on SA hospitals
Date of Posting: 17-03-2022
The performance of South Australia's major hospitals has deteriorated as patients with serious conditions wait too long for treatment, the Australian Medical Association says. National President Omar Khorshid said the hospital system was comin Read More...
More Japanese encephalitis detected in Vic
Date of Posting: 16-03-2022
Japanese encephalitis has been detected at four more Victorian piggeries. Agriculture Victoria on Tuesday confirmed the mosquito-borne virus had been detected in the regional local government areas of Campaspe, Loddon, Gannawarra and the Northern Read More...
Date of Posting: 16-03-2022
Many people know not to go swimming in the ocean after heavy rainfall, but a paddle after an unprecedented flood may expose you to serious biohazards. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said swimming after a one-in-100 year flood may mean you're Read More...
WA to overhaul its mental health system
Date of Posting: 16-03-2022
There will be an overhaul of Western Australia's mental health system to ensure young people and families are better supported. A designated task force has been investigating the state's mental health services for children and adolescents Read More...
5 advancements in tech to support allied health organisations
Last Updated: 16-03-2022
1 - Robotics - Gait Training & Stroke Rehabilitation Robotics can be implemented with various forms of physical rehabilitation to provide support to patients as well as improve the safety of rehabilitation exercises for Physiotherapists. [sub Read More...
Pioneering work of quadriplegic recognised in book ten years after his death
Last Updated: 16-03-2022
The life of a remarkable quadriplegic from Perth who introduced an innovative model of exercise rehabilitation to Australia and helped pioneer research - which is now leading to spinal injured people gaining movement and even walking again - has been Read More...
Physiotherapists support calls for national surgery plan
Date of Posting: 15-03-2022
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) has supported calls by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) for all levels of Government to develop a national plan addressing the growing and in Read More...
Sixth case of Japanese encephalitis in NSW
Date of Posting: 15-03-2022
A sixth person has been diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis in NSW. The confirmed case is a man in his 60s from the Balranald area in the Riverina region, who is being treated in a Victorian hospital.[subscribe] NSW Health is urging the commun Read More...
Omicron triggers outbreaks across China
Date of Posting: 15-03-2022
China has reported more local symptomatic COVID-19 cases so far this year than it recorded in all of 2021, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant triggers outbreaks from Shanghai to Shenzhen. Mainland China reported 1337 new domestically tran Read More...
Victoria has 5192 virus cases, four deaths
Date of Posting: 14-03-2022
A further four COVID-19 deaths and 5192 new cases have been reported in Victoria, as a mandatory vaccination deadline passes in the state. The cases include 3434 from rapid antigen tests and 1758 from PCR lab tests, the health department confirmed Read More...
Indigenous people urged into health jobs
Date of Posting: 14-03-2022
The Morrison government has launched a 10-year plan to increase the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce to improve wellbeing outcomes. The national workforce plan is the first of its kind and seeks to have Aboriginal and Torres Read More...
Successful ageing about postcode
Date of Posting: 14-03-2022
Where a neighbourhood's medical services are located, how much green space it offers and how willing its volunteers are can affect the ability of older Australians to successfully age at home, researchers say. Dr Danielle Taylor believes a new Read More...
