NSW Health has seized more than $1 million worth of illegal e-cigarettes and liquids containing nicotine since January 2022. The seizures so far this year bring the total amount of illegal product seized since 1 ...
For the first time in NSW, pharmacists are now able to offer adolescent vaccines for those who have missed out on their school vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under new regulations that took effect today, ...
On Saturday, researchers from The Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney released a study that confirmed not only how these infants die, but why. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) accounts for about 37% of sudden unexpected infant ...
Aged care workers raise concern over being verbally and mentally abused after the risk of the COVID-19 virus continues to plague the sector. The aged care industry, both residential and home care providers, are strained ...
Sydney University is leading an international consortium hoping to develop a ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine. The consortium has a $US19.3 million ($A27.7 million) grant from The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a vaccine to ...
For the past 55 years, Cure Cancer has been dedicated to funding novel cancer research projects, giving talented early-career cancer researchers the opportunity to pursue their innovative ideas. It has kickstarted over 540 research careers, ...
New mums requiring specialist care for a severe mental illness can now have their babies stay with them at NSW’s first public, purpose-built Mother and Baby mental health unit. Premier Dominic Perrottet and Minister for ...
As aged care providers continue to face workforce challenges and funding constraints, not-for-profit organisation Alino Living is taking a new approach to recruitment with a partnership with Employment and Training Australia (ET Australia). Melinda De ...
With COVID-19 and workforce shortages hitting aged care providers across Australia, the ability to streamline tasks to help free up care staff’s limited resources is essential. That’s why Telstra Health has developed the new, easy ...
Melanoma is a type of malignant tumor responsible for more than 70 percent of all skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. For years, physicians have relied on visual inspection to identify suspicious pigmented lesions (SPLs), which can ...
New parenthood is often framed as the perfect scenario, but the realities of it are rarely so. National PIMH Connect and Care Navigator (Tasmania) for ForWhen. Astrid Tiefholz, talks to the Healthcare Channel to clear ...
NPS MedicineWise is calling for a review of the decision, announced in the Federal Budget, to change the way Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) initiatives are led and funded in Australia. NPS MedicineWise was established ...
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