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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.

Naloxone
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Naloxone program will save lives, pharmacists welcome rollout
Nina Alvarez Jun 30, 2022

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) welcomes the national rollout of the Take Home Naloxone (THN) program, which allows pharmacists to provide free naloxone from

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Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
$835M John Hunter Precinct to transform health care
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

The $835 million John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct is on track with work underway on the new Acute Services Building, set to transform health

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Aged Care
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Post Event
Aged care professionals discuss the opportunities in the future of aged care in Australia
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

Healthcare has continued to be in the spotlight, especially so for the past couple of years. With COVID-19 at everyone’s heels, issues like worker retention

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third wave
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Third wave of COVID-19 delivers highest mortality risk in Australian ICUs
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

According to a new study led by Monash University, of those admitted to the ICU with COVID-19, after accounting for age and how sick patients

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heart failure
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Concerns spike as heart failure affecting 500,000 Australians on the rise
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

Leading charity hearts4heart is urging every Australian to be smart about their heart, as they launch Australia’s first Heart Failure Awareness Week (June 27 –

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pandemics
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Australia to support future pandemic preparedness and response
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

The Australian Government will contribute funding towards a new Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for pandemics which will be established at the World Bank, as part

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Australian
Aged Care, Healthcare, Hospitals
Updates on the Australian Aged Care workforce in 2022
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

Through the years, Australian healthcare and aged care has encountered many challenges and has undergone multiple changes. Whether it be funding, policies, or emergency responses,

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Victorians
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology, Public Health and Careers
New workout app launch encourages Victorians to get active
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

The Andrews Labor Government is supporting Victorians to ‘Get Active’ with a new free app that provides users with exercise tips and workout videos. Minister

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infant and toddler nutrition
Children's Health, Healthcare
Understanding the science behind infant and toddler nutrition
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

Members of the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) will meet in Canberra to discuss infant and toddler nutrition at Australian Parliament House on 23 June 2022.

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RACGP
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
RACGP urges delays on telehealth rule changes
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the federal Government to defer changes to Medicare claiming rules for telehealth consultations. It comes

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HRQoL
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Personal insight may predict future health events for older people
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

An older person’s perceptions about their health – known as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) – may predict their health in the future, new Monash

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cystic fibrosis
Children's Health, Healthcare, Medical Science and Technology, Mental Health
Prevalence of depression and anxiety in children with cystic fibrosis discovered
Nina Alvarez Jun 21, 2022

Monash University researchers have conducted a review into the prevalence of depression and anxiety of people with cystic fibrosis, a life-limiting genetic disease associated with

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