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Disease 'surveillance network' to improve Indigenous health care
Date of Posting: 06-07-2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will benefit from the expansion of a University of Queensland-led health project aimed at improving clinical care within primary health care services nationally. The Improving surveillance infrastructur Read More...
Sydney is on high alert lockdown phase
Date of Posting: 06-07-2021
There are concerns about a growing COVID-19 cluster at a Sydney nursing home with five residents infected, amid reports a third staff member has the virus. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the state is on "high alert" after the stat Read More...
Adelaide researchers fight deadly childhood cancer
Date of Posting: 05-07-2021
Adelaide oncologists will use $2.4 million of funding to investigate the causes and treatments for the deadliest and most common solid tumour in young children. Adelaide oncologists and researchers will use $2.4 million in funding to work with fam Read More...
Testing Australia's sewerage system to flush out COVID traces
Date of Posting: 05-07-2021
About 1000 wastewater tests to detect traces of COVID-19 are being conducted every week across Australia. The scientist in charge of testing Australia's sewerage system to flush out COVID traces admits the samples can be a little stinky.[subsc Read More...
Aged care nursing in the time of COVID-19: 'we are all family'
Last Updated: 02-07-2021
As the realities of COVID-19 become the new norm in aged care facilities, Parul Dhiman says her career in nursing is as rewarding as it has ever been. “Every day, every week, there is something that makes me think, ‘I have chosen the r Read More...
Should Australia vaccinate children against COVID-19?
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
Experts suggest vaccination of children must be part of Australia’s exit strategy, especially with the Delta variant. As a result of the current Greater Sydney COVID-19 outbreak with the Delta variant, we have seen numerous school children e Read More...
Imaging offers early alert for chronic wound care
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
New research shows thermal imaging techniques can predict whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system to improve chronic wound care. Nearly half a million Australians suffer from chronic wounds, which cost the nation&rsq Read More...
Mothers and babies can be saved by controlling caesarean deliveries
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
A 30-year global study led by University of Queensland researchers has found rates of childbirth by caesarean section are rising and exceeding safe levels in many developing countries. UQ’s Life Course Centre investigated rates of caesarean Read More...
Young Australians highly impacted by COVID-19
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic heightened some of the challenges faced by young Australians with early evidence suggesting that, compared with older age groups, young people experienced higher rates of psychological distress, job loss, a Read More...
Brisbane and Moreton Bay will remain locked down for another 24 hours
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
Townsville and all of southeast Queensland, except for Brisbane and Moreton Bay, will be released from lockdown as authorities seven COVID-19 outbreaks. Brisbane and Moreton Bay will remain locked down for another 24 hours after three new locally- Read More...
Fake cosmetic doctor convicted following prosecution by Ahpra
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
Following two separate investigations and a prosecution by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), Ms Aliaa Mohammed Elmetwally Ismaeli Sherif has today been convicted of 10 charges under the Health Practitioner Regulation Natio Read More...
Prevention medication in NSW have lowered HIV transmission
Date of Posting: 02-07-2021
HIV transmissions are at historically low rates amongst high-risk men on prevention medication in NSW. HIV transmissions in NSW dropped 40 per cent when prevention medication was made more easily available and these historically-low rates have bee Read More...
A vaccine expert has sought to clear up jab confusion
Date of Posting: 01-07-2021
State premiers have warned against younger people taking the AstraZeneca vaccine despite Scott Morrison making it easier for under-60s to access it. The man responsible for providing official expert advice on vaccines has sought to clear up confus Read More...
A federal inquiry calls for Vic cancer meeting
Date of Posting: 01-07-2021
A federal inquiry has recommended Victoria's chief health officer meet with a community over their fears of a possible cancer cluster linked to a pesticide. A federal inquiry has recommended Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton mee Read More...
AstraZeneca coronavirus jab health advice is unchanged
Date of Posting: 30-06-2021
The federal government is adamant AstraZeneca coronavirus jab health advice is unchanged despite making it easier for doctors to immunise younger people. Doctors are urging people aged under 60 to wait for the Pfizer vaccine if they can, despite a Read More...
NSW Chief Health hope for COVID cases to fall this week
Date of Posting: 30-06-2021
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant is hoping for a decline in COVID-19 cases by the end of the week but says people have to stick to the lockdown rules. COVID-19 case numbers should soon start to fall in NSW if people adhere to lockdown rules, t Read More...
Three capital cities are in COVID-19 lockdown
Date of Posting: 29-06-2021
Perth has joined Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdown as national cabinet mandates vaccinations for aged care and quarantine workers. Three capital cities are in COVID-19 lockdown with Perth joining Sydney and Darwin after another confirmed viru Read More...
Australia has failed to recruit enough GPs to administer the COVID-19 vaccine
Date of Posting: 29-06-2021
Gladys Berejiklian has accused the federal government of failing to properly plan for the future as she calls for more GPs to join the COVID-19 vaccine program. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the Morrison government has failed to recruit enou Read More...
Northern Territory lockdown extended as outbreak grows
Date of Posting: 29-06-2021
Darwin and its surrounding areas will remain locked down for several more days after another COVID-19 case linked to a central Australian mine was found. A snap lockdown in the Northern Territory has been extended after a seventh COVID-19 case was Read More...
Southeast Queensland on verge of virus lockdown
Date of Posting: 28-06-2021
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state's southeast is "on the verge" of a COVID-19 lockdown as authorties trace hundreds of potential cases. Southeast Queensland is "on the verge" of a lockdown after record Read More...
A high-level political meeting called as COVID spreads
Last Updated: 28-06-2021
Australia is facing some of its most widespread COVID-19 restrictions since the outbreak of the pandemic, prompting a high-level political response. An emergency meeting of Australia's national security committee will consider the increasing n Read More...
Scott Morrison backs Sydney to avoid lockdown
Date of Posting: 25-06-2021
As states and territories respond to the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak, Scott Morrison says he has faith in the NSW government to handle it. Scott Morrison has thrown his support behind the NSW government's reluctance to lock down Sydney despite ex Read More...
NSW police warning over COVID compliance
Date of Posting: 25-06-2021
NSW police will step up patrols to make sure people comply with COVID- 19 health orders as the more-contagious Delta variant spreads. NSW police have warned those caught breaking public health order rules will be fined, with increased police patro Read More...
COVID-19 has been a 'game changer' for mental health care
Last Updated: 24-06-2021
Two psychologists have described the profound effects that COVID-19 has had not only on the mental health of Australians, but on the way that services are delivered and accessed nationally. “COVID-19 has been a bit of a game changer for us&r Read More...
Coronavirus outbreak in Sydney sparks calls to boost vaccination rates
Last Updated: 24-06-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected criticism of the government's vaccine rollout and involvement in quarantine amid Sydney's coronavirus outbreak. Australia's state borders have begun to close ahead of the school holidays with Read More...
NSW linked to the Bondi cluster has grown to 36
Date of Posting: 24-06-2021
NSW has reported 11 more locally acquired cases of COVID-19, lifting the number of people infected in the so-called Bondi cluster to 36. The number of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in NSW linked to the Bondi cluster has grown to 36, after 11 new Read More...
Together, we can create outstanding
Date of Posting: 24-06-2021
At GV Health we are so much more than a regional health service. As the largest employer in the region, we work with purpose and pride and are committed to embracing diversity, inclusion and accessibility for our people and community. Our diverse Read More...
Neighboring states close as NSW cluster soars to 31
Date of Posting: 23-06-2021
Neighbouring states have shut the door to NSW as Sydneysiders face a swathe of new restrictions to stamp out the growing Bondi COVID-19 cluster. Hundreds of thousands of people will be confined to metropolitan Sydney as states harden borders with Read More...
Asbestos-related cancer patients will soon be able to buy discounted cancer drug
Date of Posting: 23-06-2021
Patients fighting the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, will soon be able to buy immune system-boosting drugs at a fraction of their retail cost. Australians fighting the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, will soon be able to buy lifesav Read More...
Does professional anxiety hold you back from pursuing your career goals?
Date of Posting: 23-06-2021
Anxiety levels are on a high, especially due to the current pandemic. When they take over your body, you can feel powerless and feel like there's little that you can do to control your mind and body.[subscribe] It affects each one different Read More...
Sydneysiders need to mask up for another week
Date of Posting: 22-06-2021
Mandatory mask-wearing has been extended by a week for Sydneysiders as the number of cases linked to the Bondi cluster reaches 21. Sydneysiders will mask up for an extra week and wait for extra vaccine doses while hoping the number of mystery case Read More...
The timeline leading up to Brisbane outbreak
Date of Posting: 22-06-2021
Authorities believe a quarantine hotel worker spread COVID-19 from an infected guest to the flight attendant at the centre of Brisbane's latest outbreak. TIMELINE LEADING UP TO BRISBANE OUTBREAK:[subscribe] Saturday, June 5 * Flight attend Read More...
Meeting the rising expectations of home care customers using Australian technology
Last Updated: 22-06-2021
The Australian home care sector is facing unprecedented changes - the need to urgently adopt technology, higher expectations from a new, modern customer and other significant factors. The Royal Commission into Aged Care called for urgent and trans Read More...
At last, health, aged care and quarantine workers get the right masks to protect against COVID-19
Last Updated: 22-06-2021
Almost a year ago, in July 2020, our calls for the government to urgently upgrade the guidelines to protect health workers from airborne SARS-CoV-2 fell on deaf ears. The existing guidelines said health providers working around COVID-19 pati Read More...
A national MND training program is being launched
Date of Posting: 21-06-2021
A bespoke national training program for carers of people who live with Motor Neurone Disease is being launched. Two Australians die each day as a result of motor neurone disease and another two are diagnosed.[subscribe] It's a cruel and cri Read More...
Australian scientists have developed a molecule that could beat malaria
Date of Posting: 21-06-2021
Researchers at Monash University have developed a new class of molecule that's showing promise against drug-resistant strains of malaria. Australian scientists have found a new type of molecule that could beat drug-resistant strains of malaria Read More...
RCPA encourages the public not to confuse cold and flu with COVID-19 this winter
Date of Posting: 21-06-2021
As we enter the winter months, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) is encouraging the community to remain vigilant and get tested for COVID-19 when presenting with any cold and flu-like symptoms. Viruses such as rhinovirus (the Read More...
Hush little baby don't say a word... Giving a voice to child victims of family abuse and neglect
Date of Posting: 21-06-2021
Children with documented child protection concerns are four times as likely to die before they reach their 16th birthday, according to confronting new research from the University of South Australia. The world first study identifies the extreme se Read More...
Face masks compulsory on Sydney transport
Date of Posting: 18-06-2021
One more case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in a man in Sydney's east who visited Bondi Junction, as masks again become compulsory on Sydney public transport. Masks are once again compulsory on Sydney's public transport after a man in his Read More...
Australia's national cabinet to meet over vaccine rollout
Last Updated: 18-06-2021
National cabinet will meet next week to discuss changes to the vaccine rollout with AstraZeneca no longer recommended for people under 60. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will chair a meeting of state and territory leaders to thrash out vaccine roll Read More...
