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Canned food producer SPC to ban unvaccinated workers from sites
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
SPC will ban unvaccinated workers from its sites from the end of November to ensure the well being of workers and the community. Canned food producer SPC will become the first non-health-related business to ban employees from the workplace unless Read More...
Report shows older mothers on the rise in Australia
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report has found an increasing number of women are having children later in life. More Australian women are having children later in life, with the number giving birth over 35 almost doubling in the sp Read More...
Testing and treating newborns for spinal muscular atrophy
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy might have a high up-front price tag. But by screening and treating infants early, the therapy can save both lives and money in the long term. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a type of motor neurone disease, Read More...
Chronic pain might impact how the brain processes emotions
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Chemical ‘messengers’ called neurotransmitters help regulate our emotions – but scientists have noticed a disruption to their levels in people with chronic pain. More than three million Australians experience chronic pain: Read More...
Using AI to deliver a more precise magnetic stimulation treatment for depression
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
A decade after Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy was declared a new weapon in the fight against depression, researchers at the University of Southern Queensland are planning to use artificial intelligence to improve the procedure. Repetiti Read More...
Ignoring oral health can have serious impacts on the rest of the body
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Previously unknown health risks for Australians – that gum disease suffered by one in three Australian adults1 could increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, Type 2 diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes – are now coming to li Read More...
The Four Cs which might be the key to increasing vaccine uptake
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
The changing advice around the AstraZeneca vaccine and months of zero COVID cases in the Australian community has led to one of Australia’s biggest challenges: how to get enough people to get vaccinated. The federal government’s four s Read More...
Alert on Australian youth mental healthcare and youth suicide
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Headspace and Better Access have been challenged by Australian psychiatry researchers to integrate more seamlessly with public health systems and state and local databases to make wholescale inroads into cutting mental health problems in young people Read More...
Majority support for domestic travel passports
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says giving people more technology to prove vaccination status will boost overseas travel requirements when borders reopen. Vaccinated Australians have been armed with more technology to prove their status as a ne Read More...
A GP in Sydney refunds $250 vaccine appt fees
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
A Sydney medical clinic that charged non-English speakers up to $250 for an appointment before their Pfizer jab is giving refunds following media reports. A GP clinic in Sydney's southwest that charged people hundreds of dollars to receive the Read More...
NSW paramedics union at breaking point
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
The paramedics' union is demanding better PPE, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing for its workers on the frontline of the pandemic. Greater Sydney's seven-week COVID-19 outbreak has left paramedics at breaking point and li Read More...
End of bulk-billed telehealth painful burden for many
Last Updated: 03-08-2021
Chronic Pain Australia has called on the government to make bulk-billed telehealth a long-term solution for chronic pain suffers during National Pain Week 2021. The announcement comes after a national pain survey found 67 per cent of respondents b Read More...
Experts approved vaccination to vulnerable children
Date of Posting: 02-08-2021
Greg Hunt says vulnerable children will be given priority access to Pfizer vaccines, with a further decision on all children expected soon. Expert approval of the vaccination of all children aged 12 to 15 for COVID-19 could be given within weeks.[ Read More...
Queensland government will offer lockdown grants to businesses
Date of Posting: 02-08-2021
The Queensland government will offer grants of up to $5000 for small and medium businesses hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and border closures. The Queensland treasurer says it could take up to two weeks for grants and support payments to get to busines Read More...
State and territory leaders to discuss vaccination modelling
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
Modelling on the vaccination rates needed to reopen Australia will be presented to a national cabinet meeting of federal, state and territory leaders. Australia's leaders will begin charting a course to fully reopening the nation based on new Read More...
Australia cannot safely reopen until 80 percent of people vaccinated
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
The Grattan Institute says their modelling shows Australia cannot safely reopen until the nation has 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. Reopening Australia before four in every five Australians are vaccinated risks the rampant spread of cor Read More...
Researchers have a bone to pick with Australia's 'coffee culture'
Last Updated: 30-07-2021
Drinking too much coffee may be linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, according to the latest research by the University of South Australia. Investigating the effects of coffee on how the kidneys regulate calcium in the body, researchers fo Read More...
Hospital grade antenatal care without leaving home
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
A trial of antenatal care provided remotely to expectant mothers at home has shown the level of care is as good as a face-to-face consultation, including the identification of common complications. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen telehealth become Read More...
Why uncertainty makes us change our behaviour - even when we shouldn't
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
‘Panic buying’ might be a normal human response to uncertainty, after all. People around the world dramatically changed their shopping behaviours at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[subscribe] Faced with new uncertainty, shoppers Read More...
New Zealand regulator clears AstraZeneca vaccine
Date of Posting: 29-07-2021
New Zealand's regulator has cleared three COVID-19 vaccines for use but Jacinda Ardern's government is only planning to use Pfizer. New Zealand will fast-track vaccine to the Pacific, and consider incorporating AstraZeneca in its fight aga Read More...
NSW updated virus restrictions
Date of Posting: 29-07-2021
The NSW government has again tightened restrictions in eight COVID-hit local government areas in western and southwestern Sydney. NEW LOCKDOWN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EIGHT COVID-AFFECTED WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SYDNEY LGAS[subscribe] * Masks manda Read More...
Greater Sydney braces for another lockdown month
Date of Posting: 28-07-2021
Sydney's lockdown is expected to continue well into August after a meeting of the NSW government's crisis cabinet agreed to an extension. The Greater Sydney lockdown is expected to be extended by four more weeks as NSW government authoriti Read More...
ANU researchers predict risk of Alzheimer's
Date of Posting: 28-07-2021
Australian National University researchers have developed a method of linking a person's deteriorating brain health and the likelihood of getting Alzheimer's. Australians living with mild cognitive impairment could know five years in advan Read More...
Aussies under-40 prioritised for vaccines
Date of Posting: 27-07-2021
There's a push to prioritise younger people for vaccinations as NSW prepares to roll out doses to supermarket workers to curb the spread of coronavirus. A leading epidemiologist wants under-40s prioritised for vaccinations to curb rolling coro Read More...
South Australia is likely to end lockdown
Date of Posting: 26-07-2021
South Australia will most likely end its seven-day lockdown on time at 0001 on Wednesday after it recorded one new case linked to the Modbury cluster. South Australia is likely to end its week-long COVID-19 lockdown on time after reporting one new Read More...
AstraZeneca recommended for all adults in Sydney
Date of Posting: 26-07-2021
Australians are facing a renewed push to receive coronavirus vaccinations after new advice strongly recommending AstraZeneca for all adults in Sydney. A fresh appeal has been launched for Australians to get the AstraZeneca jab, as Victoria and Ade Read More...
Australia secured Pfizer vaccines for 2022
Date of Posting: 26-07-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says securing 85 million Pfizer vaccines as booster shots starting next year should provide greater confidence going forward. Scott Morrison says securing $85 million worth of Pfizer vaccines as booster jabs is anothe Read More...
Coping with loss as a nurse - 'their memory drives me forward'
Last Updated: 26-07-2021
Inspiration and courage are two words that Adjunct Professor Sally Sara draws on a lot when talking about her experience as a prostate cancer specialist nurse. “There have been so many men I've cared for who’ve inspired me, especia Read More...
Class of 2021 will have special consideration
Date of Posting: 23-07-2021
VCE students will have special consideration applied to their final scores, as a survey shows the pandemic is affecting young people's mental health. The class of 2021 will get special consideration for their final VCE scores due to another ye Read More...
NSW top doctor says outbreak is 'national emergency'
Date of Posting: 23-07-2021
NSW has recorded another 136 new cases of the coronavirus and one death, as the lockdown of Greater Sydney approaches the four-week mark. NSW's top doctor has declared Sydney's virus outbreak "a national emergency", after the num Read More...
Western Australia needs more nurses and midwives
Date of Posting: 23-07-2021
West Australian nurses and midwives have sought an urgent meeting with their union over staff shortages at Perth hospitals. Western Australia's nurses union is worried continued COVID-19 domestic border closures will impede efforts to find mor Read More...
Australia cautious on virus vaccines for children
Date of Posting: 22-07-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will take a cautious approach on expanding coronavirus vaccines to children under the age of 16. Australia will take a cautious approach to approving coronavirus vaccinations for children, with experts Read More...
Victoria will set up pop up vaccine clinics for homeless
Date of Posting: 22-07-2021
The Victorian government will bring the COVID-19 directly to homeless and disadvantaged communities through mobile clinics. People experiencing homelessness and disadvantage will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at pop-up clinics across Read More...
South Australia COVID-19 cluster expected to grow
Date of Posting: 22-07-2021
South Australia's cluster of COVID-19 cases has jumped to 12, with fears two exposure sites could become superspreaders. South Australia's COVID-19 cluster has jumped from six to 12 cases with another school added to concerning exposure si Read More...
The grief of nursing - 'it never gets easier'
Last Updated: 21-07-2021
For breast cancer nurse Kerry Patford, the death of any patient is always hard - but the loss of a young mother is especially devastating. “I particularly struggle - and still do to this day - with young families that are terribly affected. Read More...
Business groups call for workplace flexibilities
Last Updated: 21-07-2021
A powerful alliance of business groups has urged the government to reinstate temporary industrial relations measures. Major business groups have called for revived powers to reduce workers' hours, stand staff down and direct people to take ann Read More...
PM Morrison makes appeal to experts on AstraZeneca
Date of Posting: 21-07-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is making constant appeals for the expert immunisation panel ATAGI to reconsider AstraZeneca age advice. Scott Morrison has appealed for Australia's expert immunisation panel to change its AstraZeneca vacc Read More...
Beyond SURGE: The importance of upskilling and staying prepared
Last Updated: 21-07-2021
On the 2nd April 2020, during a National press conference, Minister Hunt acknowledged the need to build capacity to meet the demands for ICU care should we experience a COVID-19 surge. This was on the day when news headlines reported the death tol Read More...
Aussies under 40 will not be eligible for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
Health Minister Greg Hunt says Pfizer coronavirus vaccines will not yet be offered to people under 40 yet despite concern about people in that cohort. Australians under 40 will not be eligible for Pfizer coronavirus jabs ahead of schedule despite Read More...
Experts say longer lockdown in Victoria might not be enough
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
A leading epidemiologist and biostatistician says Victoria's seven-day lockdown extension likely won't be enough to end the state's Delta COVID-19 outbreak. An extra week of lockdown in Victoria is unlikely to be enough to quash an out Read More...
