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Qld wants Medicare rebate for PCR tests
Last Updated: 23-11-2021
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is calling for a Medicare rebate for PCR tests for inbound travellers until the state reaches its 90 per cent COVID-19 vaccination target. The state will scrap quarantine for fully vaccinated domestic trave Read More...
High performance CPR: The role of CPR Coach
Date of Posting: 23-11-2021
Successful resuscitation attempts rely on the optimisation of cerebral and coronary perfusion. For this to occur it is important to minimise interruptions to compressions, and optimise compression rate, depth and recoil in addition to effective ve Read More...
Get vaccinated or get COVID, warns Germany
Last Updated: 23-11-2021
Germany's health minister says the rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it is likely that everyone in the country who is not vaccinated will have caught COVID-19 by the end of the winter, and some of those will die. Official figures showed mo Read More...
One-of-a-kind learning with a Graduate Certificate in Custodial Health
Last Updated: 22-11-2021
Did you know that the Graduate Certificate in Custodial Health at the University of Newcastle is the only one of its kind offered in Australia? This online course provides specialised knowledge and training in primary health care; forensic mental Read More...
Asbestos concerns over Aussie DIY rise
Date of Posting: 22-11-2021
Australians have admitted to disposing of asbestos illegally - even dumping it in their neighbour's bin - during a COVID-19 home improvement surge, raising cancer fears. A study of DIY enthusiasts around the country has revealed 46 per cent ci Read More...
Austria begins fourth COVID-19 lockdown
Date of Posting: 22-11-2021
Austria has powered down public life as its fourth national COVID-19 lockdown began, making it the first western European country to reimpose the drastic and unpopular measure in the face of surging coronavirus infections. This lockdown from Monda Read More...
Kids are on their screens more than ever
Date of Posting: 22-11-2021
The overwhelming majority of Australian adolescents are spending excessive amounts of time glued to their screens, a habit that could put them on a trajectory for developing chronic diseases. A study of 11-14 year-olds has found nearly 86 per cent Read More...
Plant-based nutrition: optimise your ability to help patients manage disease
Last Updated: 22-11-2021
Poor nutrition is a leading cause of disease and early death in Australia. As a health professional, this is unlikely to come as a surprise to you. The typical Western diet consumed by many of your patients is nutrient poor and energy dense. It is Read More...
No early freedom for NSW's unvaccinated
Date of Posting: 21-11-2021
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says unvaccinated people will not be granted freedoms any earlier than December 15 despite thousands rallying against vaccination requirements. "All of these measures are not tailored for rules for the sake of th Read More...
Australia to enjoy virus summer honeymoon
Date of Posting: 21-11-2021
Australia will probably avoid the new burst of coronavirus cases that are enveloping Europe, although problems could arise entering winter next year. Several European countries are being forced to impose new lockdown restrictions in the face of a Read More...
Sloppy funding slapped in skin cancer slip
Date of Posting: 21-11-2021
Australian teens are getting just as sunburnt as they were at the start of the millennium amid a lack of investment in skin cancer prevention, researchers from the Cancer Council say. The rate of sunburn in teenagers has not decreased since the ea Read More...
Vic child becomes youngest COVID-19 death
Date of Posting: 20-11-2021
A Victorian child under 10 has become Australia's youngest person to die with COVID-19, as thousands of protesters brought parts of central Melbourne to a standstill. The state reported 1166 new locally acquired infections on Saturday as activ Read More...
US authorises Pfizer, Moderna boosters
Date of Posting: 20-11-2021
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines for all adults who were vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot and the Moderna shot. The regulator's decision paves the way for millions in the US to get a Read More...
Aussie heart surgery breakthrough
Last Updated: 20-11-2021
Until now, performing keyhole heart valve replacement surgery was a bit like trying to cook the perfect steak, says the Australian doctor who has revolutionised the procedure. The delicate operation relied heavily upon experience and instinct, as Read More...
Worst COVID modelling 2000 NZ cases a day
Date of Posting: 19-11-2021
New Zealand's top doctor admits worst case modelling has COVID-19 cases increasing tenfold this summer to 2000 a day. On Friday, officials announced 198 new community cases of the virus.[subscribe] The Delta outbreak is still centred on Auc Read More...
Victoria scales back hotel quarantine
Date of Posting: 19-11-2021
Victoria will end its quarantine arrangements with seven Melbourne hotels before the end of this year, as fewer international arrivals now require the accommodation. The state's COVID-19 numbers jumped by more than 200 on Friday after recordin Read More...
Mental health fight over NSW consent bill
Date of Posting: 19-11-2021
A fight over whether mental health conditions should mean people don't have to take active steps to seek consent is the final hurdle for a historic overhaul of sexual assault laws in NSW. The draft law creates a requirement of 'affirmative Read More...
Zoom in the room - childbirth in the pandemic
Date of Posting: 19-11-2021
Having been a midwife for 20 years, Claire Black* thought she'd seen it all. That was until one day during the midst of one of Victoria's lockdowns. "The restrictions were very tough on families”, Ms Black told HealthTimes.[subs Read More...
Tas quarantine escapee negative for COVID
Date of Posting: 18-11-2021
A Queensland man who arrived in Tasmania without approval has tested negative for COVID-19 after allegedly absconding from a quarantine hotel by climbing down from a third-storey balcony. The 37-year-old man, who arrived on a flight from Sydney on Read More...
Rapid COVID tests for NSW primary schools
Date of Posting: 18-11-2021
Rapid Antigen Home Testing kits will be rolled out to NSW primary schools in a bid to minimise the time children and teachers spend isolating when they are a close contact of a COVID-19 case. Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the tests would Read More...
Victoria to enjoy summer of COVID freedom
Date of Posting: 18-11-2021
Vaccinated Victorians will be allowed back onto dancefloors, as the state looks towards a summer of freedoms many have not seen since the pandemic began. Almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be scrapped from 11:59pm Thursday, as the sta Read More...
Vic hospital figures fall as cases spike
Last Updated: 17-11-2021
The number of Victorians hospitalised with COVID-19 continues to decline, despite the state recording a jump of almost 200 new cases. Victoria recorded 996 locally acquired virus cases and another nine deaths on Wednesday, up from Tuesday's ta Read More...
More malpractice claims at Qld hospital
Date of Posting: 17-11-2021
The Queensland Opposition has been accused of "scaremongering" after they revealed new cases of alleged medical malpractice at Mackay hospital in state parliament. Liberal National Party Leader David Crisafulli says three cases occurred Read More...
Vic doubles youth mental health capacity
Date of Posting: 17-11-2021
Hundreds more young Victorians will be able to access mental health support after the state government announced five new residential facilities will be built in regional areas. As part of a doubling of capacity in the state's Youth Prevention Read More...
Canberra records 12 new COVID-19 cases
Last Updated: 16-11-2021
The ACT has recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest reporting period. There are now four COVID cases in Canberra hospitals, with one of them being in intensive care and on a ventilator.[subscribe] The apparent spike in hospitalisations Read More...
Record COVID-19 cases in NZ, another death
Date of Posting: 16-11-2021
Vaccine mandates are taking effect as New Zealand sets another daily record for community COVID-19 infections and a new death. A patient aged in their late 70s died at Auckland City Hospital, taking the country's pandemic death toll to 35.[sub Read More...
Specific COVID plan needed to protect kids
Date of Posting: 16-11-2021
A former premier has blasted as inappropriate the federal government's failure to model the consequences of COVID-19 for children under the age of five. Jay Weatherill, who now heads up childcare advocacy initiative Thrive by Five, told a Sena Read More...
Kids' use of mental health services surges following 2020 lockdown
Date of Posting: 16-11-2021
Hospital data reveals an increased use of children’s mental health services after Sydney’s first lockdown in 2020. More children and adolescents used hospital mental health services in NSW following the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown than in t Read More...
Flipping the gut microbiome-autism link on its head
Date of Posting: 16-11-2021
A new Australian collaborative Autism CRC study, led by Mater Research and The University of Queensland, has challenged the growing popular belief that the gut microbiome drives autism. The study’s findings may put the brakes on the experime Read More...
NSW records 165 COVID-19 cases, one death
Date of Posting: 15-11-2021
NSW has reported 165 new cases of COVID-19 and one death as hospitals were given the green light to resume elective surgery at full capacity. The locally acquired cases were logged in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday and the total was down 30 on the Read More...
Vic introduces silica licensing scheme
Last Updated: 15-11-2021
Victoria will become the first state or territory in Australia to launch a licensing scheme to protect construction workers from exposure to deadly silica dust particles. Four workers have died from silica-related illnesses so far this year and 59 Read More...
NZ okays boosters as COVID-19 marches on
Date of Posting: 15-11-2021
As COVID-19 creeps out of Auckland around New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern's government has given the go-ahead for booster shots from later this month. Any Kiwi who completed their two-dose vaccine treatment more than six months ago will be eligibl Read More...
Australia hits 90 percent first dose rate
Last Updated: 15-11-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed Australia has passed the 90 per cent first-dose COVID-19 vaccination mark. The prime minister labelled the vaccine rate of 90.1 per cent as extraordinary, while heaping pressure on states to reopen borders a Read More...
Respiratory health worries on the rise
Last Updated: 14-11-2021
Australians have become increasingly conscious of respiratory health and hygiene in public, with more than eight in 10 likely to have changed their attitudes towards it compared to 18 months ago. YouGov research commissioned by saline drop-maker F Read More...
Rare cancer drug to be subsidised
Last Updated: 14-11-2021
A drug to treat a rare stomach and bowel cancer will be subsidised after being listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. People suffering from advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumour will be able to buy the drug Qinlock for at most $41.30 per Read More...
Silent sleep danger for smokers unveiled
Last Updated: 14-11-2021
Australian researchers have quantified the link between smoking and silent killer sleep apnoea in a world first. To achieve the breakthrough, scientists from Sydney's Heart Research Institute established a connection between quantities of nico Read More...
AI glaucoma test delivers rapid results
Last Updated: 14-11-2021
A Melbourne-designed rapid screening test is set to advance the detection and treatment of one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in older Australians. Some 80 million people worldwide have glaucoma, with more than 110 million expecte Read More...
National double dose deadline looms
Date of Posting: 13-11-2021
While more than 17 million Australians or 82.8 per cent of the population aged 16 or over are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the nation's reopening is still a way off. More than 90 per cent of NSW residents are double dosed, as are 87 Read More...
Get your booster shot: NSW health
Last Updated: 13-11-2021
NSW reported no new coronavirus deaths for the first time in almost three months, while health authorities encouraged people to get booster shots and increase their immunity. NSW Health's Dr Jeremy McAnulty said now the state has passed the 90 Read More...
Trial delayed for Vic jab challengers
Date of Posting: 12-11-2021
There will be no trial for a group challenging Victoria's COVID-19 vaccination mandate until March next year. Supreme Court Justice Melinda Richards says the "fruitless" actions of more than 120 people fighting against the state' Read More...
