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Nina Alvarez is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel. Her interests include writing, particularly about the healthcare sector and the many ways it can improve to further benefit people from all walks of life.

ResApp
COVID-19, Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Medical Science and Technology, Science and Technology
ResApp screening coughs for COVID-19 returns promising trial results
Nina Alvarez Mar 29, 2022

Early results of the ResApp trial of more than 700 people have been released but are still to be peer-reviewed. The trial, which was funded

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COVID-19
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) statistics as of 24 March 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 25, 2022

Across NSW, more than 95% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.5% have received two

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National Medicines Policy
Healthcare, Healthcare News
National Medicines Policy consultation period extended
Nina Alvarez Mar 25, 2022

Following extensive consultation with stakeholders, the Morrison Government will extend the consultation period for the updated National Medicines Policy (NMP). The review, which has been

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doctors
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Doctors express fury over state of rural and remote health
Nina Alvarez Mar 25, 2022

Dr Martin Kelly expresses anger over the current state of doctors in rural health all the way from remote South Australia. He describes life as

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specialists
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Government invests $4.2 million to get specialists in the bush
Nina Alvarez Mar 24, 2022

The Morrison Joyce Government is investing more than $4 million across country Australia to increase access to specialists for patients and encourage more specialists to

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vaping
Children's Health, Healthcare, Public Health and Careers
Health department launches campaign to stop young people vaping
Nina Alvarez Mar 17, 2022

Young people are urged to quit vaping and know the facts and dangers of e-cigarettes, which can contain harmful substances found in cleaning products, nail

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ATAGI
Aged Care, Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare
ATAGI flags major change for kids’ vaccines ahead of winter
Nina Alvarez Mar 17, 2022

ATAGI says booster shots could soon be rolled out for children aged 12-15 years as Australia ramps up its winter prep in the face of

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Maitland
Healthcare, Hospitals
New 339-bed, $470 million Maitland hospital opens
Nina Alvarez Mar 17, 2022

A 339-bed, $470 million hospital has officially opened in Maitland, the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Located on a greenfield site in Metford,

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lung scanner
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Medical Science and Technology
World’s first lung scanner to change millions of lives
Nina Alvarez Mar 17, 2022

Australians with lung conditions will be able to access the world’s first and only dedicated lung scanner, which was developed and built in Australia, at

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home-based
Aged Care, Healthcare, Mental Health
Types of home-based practices for Aged Care in 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 15, 2022

Hospitals can offer various services and have facilities that are useful in caring for senior patients, but nothing beats the comforts that home can offer.

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organ donation
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
One Kidney Club Australia sheds light on organ donation
Nina Alvarez Mar 15, 2022

Charitable initiative, One Kidney Club coinciding with World Kidney Day, is set to provide much-needed support to Australian kidney donors, organ recipients, and their families

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) statistics in NSW as of 14 March 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 15, 2022

Across NSW, more than 95% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.4% have received two

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