Lourdes Antenor author

Based on a city where the mountain meets the sea and where antique houses line the streets, my mind is free to wonder, to wander and to write.

cardiac
Healthcare, Hospitals, Hospitals/Clinics, International News, Policy, Strategy
1 in 10 cardiac arrest patients phoned emergency services the day before
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

Difficulty breathing is the most common symptom before cardiac arrest, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021. “Breathing problems more frequently preceded cardiac arrest

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Heart Foundation
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health, Public Health and Careers
Heart Foundation welcomes Tas state budget
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

The Heart Foundation is delighted to accept funding allocated through the Liberal government’s state budget for two of its programs. The pledges will see $400,000

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Pfizer
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Pfizer, BioNTech and Eurofarma collaborate to manufacture vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a letter of intent with Eurofarma Laboratórios SA, a Brazilian biopharmaceutical

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aged care sector
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare
Prof. Alison McMillan’s opinion on Covid vaccination in aged care sector
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

The Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has always focused on increasing protection levels across our entire community, with the highest priority being our

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surge
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Nurses sound the alarm on ICU “surge” in NSW hospitals
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

The nurse’s union warns that using the NSW’s 2000-bed intensive care “surge capacity” unit will come at the cost of COVID-19 care and staff-patient ratios.

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experiments
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
New case study reveals scientists’ subjecting non-human primates to cruel and irrelevant fear experiments.
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

On August 19 2021, Humane Research Australia (HRA) will release a new case study questioning the scientific relevance of fear experiments conducted on marmosets by researchers at

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NDIS
Hospitals
Protecting NDIS: Woman sentenced over fraud plot
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

A woman linked to a criminal syndicate convicted of plotting to defraud NDIS participants has been sentenced for her involvement. The sentencing of the woman

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neurological
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Kids with COVID-19 or MIS-C have surprisingly high rates of neurological symptoms
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

Children and adolescents are at risk of developing serious neurological complications from COVID-19 that require hospitalization. Elizabeth Mack, M.D., chief of pediatric critical care medicine

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swab
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Cooperation Under Pressure: Lessons from Covid Swab Crisis
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2021 – A major crisis that accompanied the rise of the pandemic was lack of availability of the nasopharyngeal swab—necessary for

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elective surgery
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
APHA says Elective surgery backlog in ‘serious’ state
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

A significant number of patients are waiting for elective surgery, 18 months after the first COVID-19 enforced shut down of procedures. It will be some

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award
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Awarded Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Research on Covid Vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2021)—Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing

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pharmacists
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pharmacists quickly reach 100k rollout milestone
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) congratulates Australian pharmacists for standing up for their communities, as they pass an important milestone. In a few short

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