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Victoria and Tasmania extends fruit and vegetable worker deal
Date of Posting: 08-09-2021
Victoria and Tasmania have extended a COVID quarantine deal that will result in the mainland state receiving an extra 1500 seasonal workers from the Pacific. An additional 1500 Pacific Island seasonal workers will be on hand for Victoria's fru Read More...
South Australia in talks on truck drivers and vaccines
Date of Posting: 08-09-2021
South Australia says it's working hand in hand with the freight industry to work out how best to mitigate the risk of transmission from infected truck drivers. South Australia is talking to the freight industry about making COVID-19 vaccinatio Read More...
5M Australians impacted by suicide during COVID-19
Last Updated: 07-09-2021
Australia’s annual suicide rate (3,318) is currently more than three times that of deaths from COVID-19 (1,012). It’s an alarming statistic, but considering one in four Australians report knowing someone who has died by suicide in the pas Read More...
What is EMDR therapy, and how does it help people who have experienced trauma?
Last Updated: 07-09-2021
Earlier this year, Prince Harry revealed he has used a therapy called EMDR to cope with anxiety and trauma, including trauma resulting from his mother Princess Diana’s death when he was 12. He demonstrates the technique in the A Read More...
Physiotherapy's vital role in treating long COVID
Date of Posting: 07-09-2021
As more about the effects of long COVID is learnt, it is apparent that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the virus, a University of Otago physiotherapy specialist says. Dr Sarah Rhodes is a c Read More...
Paramedic says COVID patients waiting hours in ambulance
Date of Posting: 06-09-2021
The paramedics' union says ambulances are being forced to wait up to seven hours at Sydney hospital bays with COVID-19 positive patients on board. COVID-19 positive patients are being kept waiting for hours in ambulances as under-stress Sydney Read More...
Australia will have access to millions of Pfizer vaccines
Date of Posting: 06-09-2021
Millions of Pfizer COVID vaccines will be available in Australia in coming weeks as batches arrive from Singapore and the UK. A wave of COVID-19 vaccination doses is about to sweep Australia's states and territories.[subscribe] The 500,000 Read More...
Victoria to roll out Australia's first vaccination bus
Date of Posting: 03-09-2021
Victorian health authorities are confident Shepparton's COVID-19 outbreak is coming under control, as local officials simultaneously roll out a vaccination bus. Australia's first dedicated COVID-19 vaccination bus will be launched in regio Read More...
Unvaccinated might be lockout in Victoria
Date of Posting: 03-09-2021
Unvaccinated Victorians could be "locked out" of major sporting events, cinemas and pubs once the state reaches its COVID-19 immunisation targets. Unvaccinated Victorians could be "locked out" of major sporting events and enter Read More...
Nursing children in the fast-paced ICU is a 'privilege'
Last Updated: 03-09-2021
When many people think about working in critical care, they might think about the adrenaline rush of working in situations that unfold rapidly and unpredictably – and they’d be right. But a paediatric critical care nurse has also highligh Read More...
How will Delta evolve? Here's what the theory tells us
Last Updated: 03-09-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what will happen in the future and suggests which management strategies are likely to be the most ef Read More...
NSW town of Dubbo is the epicentre of rural outbreak
Date of Posting: 02-09-2021
NSW's deputy premier has flagged the possibility that people who wish to travel to regional areas might need to be double-vaccinated once the state opens up. The western NSW town of Dubbo remains the epicentre of the state's regional COVID Read More...
Independent review ordered into Caboolture Hospital
Last Updated: 02-09-2021
An independent review of surgical services has been ordered amid claims of botched and deadly operations performed at Caboolture Hospital. An independent review has been ordered amid mounting negligence claims against a Queensland hospital, includ Read More...
Queensland has set up a hotline for botched surgery claims
Date of Posting: 31-08-2021
The Queensland government has set up a hotline amid allegations of botched operations leading to preventable deaths at Caboolture Hospital. Queensland's health minister has set up a complaints hotline amid allegations of botched surgeries and Read More...
Australia has recorded more than 1000 coronavirus deaths during the pandemic
Date of Posting: 30-08-2021
Australia has recorded its 1000th coronavirus death, with the outbreak in NSW continuing to surge amid debate on reopening the nation. Australia has recorded more than 1000 coronavirus deaths during the pandemic as another record for new daily cas Read More...
Australian teens turn to jabs because lockdowns suck
Date of Posting: 30-08-2021
Lucca and Padua Beaves are among more than 230,000 teenagers who have lined up for their first dose of the COVID jab. Melbourne Year 12 students Lucca and Padua Beaves had their first dose of Astra Zeneca vaccine about a fortnight ago.[subscribe] Read More...
Prime Minister Morrison talks up overseas travel plans
Date of Posting: 28-08-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged international travel could resume once Australia reaches an 80 per cent coronavirus vaccination rate. Scott Morrison believes international travel could be on the near horizon for fully vaccinated Australi Read More...
Children will be back to school by October in NSW
Date of Posting: 27-08-2021
Kids will be back to school by October in NSW, while plans to reopen some industries rely on the state meeting its 70 per cent vaccination rate target. Children will return to school in NSW from October 25, while the premier has promised everyone Read More...
Olympic 'gold standard' care all Australians deserve
Last Updated: 27-08-2021
If all Australians had access to the collaborative care afforded to our Olympic athletes, the outcome would be better physical and mental health. This is the message from Australian Physiotherapist Association (APA) President Scott Willis, who sai Read More...
Simple steps can reduce risk of chronic wounds
Last Updated: 27-08-2021
Caring for your skin as it gets older can help reduce the risk of chronic wounds that cause physical, emotional and financial burdens. Bolton Clarke Senior Clinical Nurse Adviser Kylie Elder said research shows regular twice daily moisturiser appl Read More...
Regional NSW locked down until September 10
Date of Posting: 26-08-2021
A lockdown in regional NSW has been extended until September 10 as Deputy Premier John Barilaro warns "we are on a knife-edge in the regions". A lockdown in regional NSW has been extended by two weeks as Deputy Premier John Barilaro warn Read More...
Heart conditions in women remain under-recognised and under-treated
Last Updated: 26-08-2021
Heart conditions in women remain under-recognised and under-treated despite cardiovascular disease accounting for one in four female deaths. Nearly half a million Australian women are risking heart attack or stroke by not being on preventative med Read More...
Artificial intelligence may diagnose autism in 20 minutes
Date of Posting: 26-08-2021
A 20-minute brain scan may one day be able to detect autism in children, a new study suggests. A group of international researchers, including University of Southern Queensland’s Professor Raj Gururajan, are developing an artificial intellig Read More...
Improving Australia's mental health system
Date of Posting: 26-08-2021
Patients run away from in-patient mental health facilities because they experience bad news or conflict, or because they have specific everyday things to do, a Flinders University study has found, adding fewer than 2 in every 100 patients leave care. Read More...
Victorian town community pleads for COVID help
Date of Posting: 26-08-2021
One third of people living in a regional Victorian town are isolating due to a coronavirus outbreak, reducing access to food and other essentials. A regional Victorian town's coronavirus outbreak is becoming increasingly dire, with isolation o Read More...
Australian researchers have developed a facial recognition to care for premature babies
Date of Posting: 26-08-2021
University of South Australia researchers have successfully developed a world-first camera system to monitor the vital signs of premature babies. A computer vision system that can automatically detect a tiny baby's face in a hospital bed and r Read More...
Aged 16 and up can now get vax in Victoria
Date of Posting: 25-08-2021
Victorians aged 16 and above will be able to book in a COVID-19 jab at one of the state's vaccination hubs. Every Victorian aged 16 and above will be able to book to get a COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday, as the state works to bring its outbre Read More...
South Australia introduce tougher rules for essential workers
Date of Posting: 25-08-2021
South Australia will introduce tougher rules for essential workers crossing the border with a need for them to have had at least one vaccine dose. Essential workers travelling to South Australia from high-risk states will be required to have a lea Read More...
Economists in Australia worry over lengthy lockdowns
Date of Posting: 24-08-2021
Economists are worried that extended lockdowns in the nation's two major cities will result in the economy suffering a second recession in as many years. There are growing concerns the Australian economy may slide into another recession as loc Read More...
Children with disability will receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Date of Posting: 24-08-2021
Health Minister Greg Hunt says the coronavirus vaccine rollout will be opened to 12- to 15-year-olds living with a disability. Children aged 12 to 15 living with a disability will be added to Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout from Wednes Read More...
Why lockdown is making it hard for you to concentrate
Date of Posting: 23-08-2021
Scientists have found the ‘Groundhog Day’ effect of lockdown affects our memory and cognitive ability. While there’s a lack of data on the Australian lockdown experience, a study on Italians who were locked down for about two mon Read More...
New discovery pinpoints the 'golden window' for IVF success
Date of Posting: 23-08-2021
It’s long been known that correctly timing an embryo transfer is critical to the chance of achieving pregnancy. Identifying the right moment in a woman’s cycle with absolute precision remains a challenge however, contributing to low IV Read More...
GlaxoSmithKline's new COVID-19 treatment has been approved
Date of Posting: 20-08-2021
Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced the provisional approval of GlaxoSmithKline's new COVID-19 treatment, making sotrovimab available for use in hospitals. Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 infections will soon have access to a new treat Read More...
Impact of Sydney lockdown on public IVF patients
Last Updated: 20-08-2021
With the Sydney lockdown placing pressure on hospitals, Sydney’s most affordable bulk-billed IVF Clinic, Connect IVF, is offering to take on patients who have had their IVF treatments postponed. Connect IVF is now being contacted by IVF pati Read More...
New COVID-19 vaccine trial in Queensland
Date of Posting: 19-08-2021
Adult Queenslanders are being called to take part in a global trial of a large US pharmaceutical company's new protein-based COVID-19 vaccine. Fifty volunteers are being sought to take part in a global trial of a new COVID-19 vaccine in Queens Read More...
Nurses and midwives rally over WA hospital shortages
Date of Posting: 18-08-2021
Western Australia's government has been accused of taking a "COVID holiday" when it should have been recruiting more local health workers. Nurses and midwives have rallied against "dangerous" staff shortages and working con Read More...
ADF troops sent to regions to aid COVID-19 crisis
Date of Posting: 18-08-2021
Deputy Premier John Barilaro says he expects COVID-19 cases in western NSW Indigenous communities to spike as ADF troops arrive to help with vaccinations. The week-long lockdown imposed on NSW regions last weekend will be reviewed by crisis cabine Read More...
NSW police handed out fines from hotspot
Date of Posting: 18-08-2021
NSW police handed out 736 fines in one day and the police minister is warning people to avoid a "mass gathering of a group of idiots" in Sydney this weekend. A man in a COVID-19 Sydney hotspot has copped a $5000 fine among hundreds of ot Read More...
Qantas and Jetstar mandates jabs for frontline staff
Date of Posting: 18-08-2021
Qantas and Jetstar pilots, cabin crew and airport employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-November. Qantas will require its pilots, cabin crew and airport staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within three months Read More...
Empathy is the heartbeat of cardiac nursing
Date of Posting: 18-08-2021
Cardiac nurses play a crucial role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease - but it’s more than that. Empathy and walking alongside someone on what can be a frightening journey is at the heart of cardiac nursing. “I Read More...
