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The 'extraordinary' peace of voluntary assisted dying
Last Updated: 27-05-2021
After Victoria became the first state to pass voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws in 2019, South Australia is currently on track to become the fourth state in the country to introduce its own legislation. Now, one GP has shared his emotional experien Read More...
NSW government is advising people to avoid Greater Melbourne for now
Date of Posting: 26-05-2021
The NSW government is advising people to avoid travelling to Melbourne and Bendigo as Victoria wrestles with a coronavirus outbreak that has jumped to 15 cases. The NSW government is advising people against travelling to Melbourne and Bendigo for Read More...
Victorian government fight to contain latest COVID outbreak
Date of Posting: 26-05-2021
The Victorian government warns the next 24 hours will be critical as authorities work to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has grown to 15 cases. Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino says the next 24 hours will be critical to avoid another loc Read More...
Australian palliative care home visits rise in COVID
Date of Posting: 26-05-2021
A new report shows Australian palliative care home visits are continuing to rise, as hospital and surgery consultations fell amid the COVID-19 pandemic. More Australians are receiving palliative treatment at home, even though they still only accou Read More...
Blood clot cases in SA linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine
Last Updated: 25-05-2021
Health officials say there's been two cases of blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in South Australia, including a 53-year-old man in intensive care. A 53-year-old man is in a serious condition in intensive care in Adelaide after bei Read More...
New restrictions as Victoria records virus case
Date of Posting: 25-05-2021
A snapshot of the latest coronavirus restrictions following Victoria's latest outbreak. MELBOURNE, AAP - NEW COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS FOR GREATER MELBOURNE FROM 6PM TUESDAY:[subscribe] * Home gatherings limited to five visitors per day, public Read More...
Australian athletes reveal scary COVID toll
Date of Posting: 25-05-2021
Hundreds of Australian athletes have opened up on the personal toll COVID-19 has wrought on their professional careers in an anonymous survey. The financial, mental and physical scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australia's athletes have been Read More...
Queensland researchers in COVID drug breakthrough
Date of Posting: 25-05-2021
Australian researchers have developed two new peptide-based drugs that could protect unvaccinated people against COVID-19. Australian researchers have created two new drugs that could protect unvaccinated people from COVID-19 and prevent symptoms Read More...
Budget Commentary - Professor Joanne Travaglia of the UTS Faculty of Health
Date of Posting: 25-05-2021
By Professor Joanne Travaglia While the Federal Government can see that more staffing is required for best practice aged care, it should have gone much further in the May Budget to ensure best practice healthcare for the nation’s aged commun Read More...
Queenslanders aged 40-49 will be able to get COVID 19 shots from the end of July
Date of Posting: 24-05-2021
Queensland will start opening more vaccination centres in coming weeks, with 40-49 years olds able to get their coronavirus shots from the end of July. Queenslanders aged 40-49 will start lining up for the Pfizer vaccine from the end of July when Read More...
Flight from India landed in Darwin
Last Updated: 24-05-2021
A flight carrying 165 Australians from India has landed in Darwin, the second repatriation flight since the COVID travel ban was lifted. The second repatriation flight from India has landed in Darwin with 165 Australians on board and the Read More...
Australian government eyes deal to produce new jabs
Date of Posting: 21-05-2021
The federal government has finally approached the market for a show of interest in manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Australia. Companies are being urged to come forward if they can help make cutting edge vaccines for the coronavirus pandemic and oth Read More...
Australians aged over 50 are being urged to roll up for jab
Date of Posting: 21-05-2021
There are growing calls for a bigger effort to improve confidence in coronavirus vaccines in a bid to boost jobs, protect lives and reopen the nation. Australians aged over 50 are being urged to roll up their sleeves and receive the AstraZeneca va Read More...
Queensland government abandons AstraZeneca for Pfizer and Moderna
Date of Posting: 20-05-2021
Queensland will set up mass vaccination hubs for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at the end of the year, but not the AstraZeneca jab despite having supplies. The Queensland government will put off a mass vaccination hub until the last quarter of t Read More...
Australia's private health industry needs urgent rescue plan
Date of Posting: 20-05-2021
A public policy think tank says Australia's private health industry urgently needs a rescue plan that includes curbing excess surgery and insurance charges. The private health industry is in a death spiral and needs an urgent rescue plan that Read More...
Victoria will spend millions to develop a national infectious disease centre
Date of Posting: 19-05-2021
The Victorian government will spend a further $245 million to develop an Australian Institute for Infectious Disease in the state's biomedical precinct. The Victorian government will spend a further $245 million to develop a national infectiou Read More...
The Queensland goverment accused of hiding hospital data
Last Updated: 19-05-2021
The scale of Queensland's hospitals crisis is being hidden from voters, the opposition says, with the latest performance data dating back to last year. The Queensland government has been accused of hiding data about the performance of the stat Read More...
A woman died at medical centre with no doctor
Date of Posting: 18-05-2021
An inquiry into rural and regional health has heard startling stories of understaffing and lack of equipment and vital supplies in central western NSW. A woman whose mother died in a regional NSW hospital without a doctor present says her mother f Read More...
Australian solar industry pioneer and businessman has died from coronavirus in India
Last Updated: 18-05-2021
A second Australian has died from coronavirus in India: solar industry pioneer and businessman Govind Kant. Businessman Govind Kant has become the second Australian to die from COVID-19 in India.[subscribe] The solar energy pioneer died on May Read More...
Psychiatrists welcome Budget boost to mental health
Date of Posting: 18-05-2021
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed several announcements, aimed at strengthening and supporting the mental health sector, with millions of funding toward psychiatry. RANZCP President, Associate Prof Read More...
Almost a million people in NSW received a jab so far
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
NSW has administered nearly a million COVID-19 jabs, with the AstraZeneca vaccine now available across the state at GP surgeries to everyone aged 50 and older. Gladys Berejiklian is pleased with the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine with almost a mil Read More...
Flinders Street could be the site of Melbourne's second safe injecting room
Last Updated: 17-05-2021
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley has ruled out Enterprize Park on Flinders Street as the site of Melbourne's second safe injecting room. While Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley ruled out Enterprize Park off Flinders Street as the lo Read More...
Calls for urgent action to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women
Last Updated: 17-05-2021
A world-first study of cardiovascular disease has found urgent action is needed to tackle heart, stroke and blood vessel disease in women. Australian researchers are calling for urgent action to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in wo Read More...
What is the Moderna COVID vaccine? Does it work, and is it safe?
Last Updated: 17-05-2021
Overnight, Boston-based pharmaceutical company Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The deal includes ten million doses against the original strain of the coronavirus to Read More...
Early detection of ovarian cancer possible but prognosis remains unchanged
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
Researchers in the UK have established that although a method of screening can detect ovarian cancer early and before women develop symptoms, it does not translate into saving lives. The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screeni Read More...
The enzyme that could help 700 million people worldwide
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
University of South Australia researchers have identified an enzyme that may help to curb chronic kidney disease, which affects approximately 700 million people worldwide. This enzyme, NEDD4-2, is critical for kidney health, says UniSA Centre for Read More...
Nurses take the spotlight after their toughest 12 months
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
Despite recently emerging from one of the worst health crisis’ to face the world, the number of people pursuing nursing careers with Charles Sturt University continues to rise. Staff and students pay tribute to these healthcare workers ahead Read More...
Federal Budget big on support for nursing
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
The direct investment by the Federal Government to support nursing in aged care was welcomed by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) as part of the 2021-22 Federal Budget. ACN welcomed the $17.7 billion investment into the aged care sector and Read More...
Australian government seals deal for Moderna vaccines
Last Updated: 13-05-2021
The federal government has secured a deal for 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, with the first shipment set to arrive in Australia later this year. Australia has secured 25 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the United St Read More...
Viral misinformation about COVID vaccines
Last Updated: 13-05-2021
Misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines can negatively impact public confidence in immunisation uptake, a new UNSW Sydney study suggests. No, the COVID-19 vaccine does not contain a microchip that allows large businesses to control humanity thro Read More...
Date of Posting: 12-05-2021
New Zealand's government has rationed arrivals through a border regime known as "managed isolation and quarantine. After more than a year of holding its citizens at arm's length, New Zealand has a different message for Kiwis abroad: c Read More...
List of seven initial exposure sites for SA quarantine case
Last Updated: 12-05-2021
Victorian authorities have listed seven initial exposure sites after a Melbourne man left South Australian hotel quarantine and tested positive for COVID-19. INITIAL EXPOSURE SITES:[subscribe] Tier 1 - Anyone who has visited these sites during Read More...
How do we break the devastating cycle of intergenerational abuse?
Date of Posting: 12-05-2021
A spotlight is being shone again on the confronting topic of intergenerational abuse, with one expert calling for urgent intervention and funding to help break the cycle and protect future generations. “When a child's behaviour is Read More...
New Zealand urged to avoid bubble overreactions
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
New Zealand's quarantine-free travel suspension with NSW is over, coming offline at midnight on Sunday. New Zealand has been urged to fine-tune its approach to the trans-Tasman bubble after a border closure "overreaction" last week.[ Read More...
Australia's tourism sector pleads for border certainty
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
Question marks remain over when Australia's international border will reopen, prompting the tourism sector to call for a timeline so businesses don't shut down. Australia's tourism sector is urging the government to set a time frame fo Read More...
New mass vaccination for aged 40-49 in NSW
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
People in NSW aged 40 to 49 will be able to register to get the Pfizer vaccine at a new mass COVID-19 vaccination hub that's opened at Sydney Olympic Park. Around a million people in NSW aged between 40 and 49 could get a Pfizer COVID-19 jab a Read More...
Here's why the planned NDIS reforms are discriminatory
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the greatest human services reforms in Australia’s history, and holds great promise in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with disability. But the federal go Read More...
Patients liked telehealth during COVID-19
Date of Posting: 11-05-2021
The expansion of telehealth-supported access to health care during the COVID-19 pandemic was roundly embraced by general practice patients, according to new Flinders University research. The study – “The experience of Australian genera Read More...
Sports concussions affect men and women differently
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
News emerged last week that AFLW player Jacinda Barclay, who died last year at age 29 following a short period of mental illness, had abnormalities in her brain tissue. Barclay was the first Australian contact sportswoman to have her brain d Read More...
Cancer link to a rare form of cancer from breast implants
Last Updated: 10-05-2021
Sixteen Victorian women have developed a rare form of cancer from breast implants, prompting authorities to issue an urgent public health warning. Health authorities are warning Victorian women to be on alert for symptoms after 16 developed a rare Read More...
