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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.

Darktrace
Healthcare, Healthcare News, IT, Medical Science and Technology
Cyber attacks on Australian healthcare sees an increase from last year
Nina Alvarez May 31, 2022

Darktrace reports that cyber-attacks targeting the health and social care sector in Australia doubled in 2021 compared with data from 2020, and the industry is

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COVID-19
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Coronavirus update for Victoria – 30 May 2022
Nina Alvarez May 31, 2022

Here are the latest COVID-19 statistics in the VIC area, including vaccinations and rapid antigen test kit results: There are 550 COVID-19 cases in hospital

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monkeypox
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Public health alert for Monkeypox in New South Wales
Nina Alvarez May 31, 2022

NSW Health has identified a probable case of monkeypox in a recently returned traveller to Europe. A man in his 40s developed a mild illness

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Read Our Lips
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Read Our Lips Australia makes everyday communication easier
Nina Alvarez May 31, 2022

An innovative online training program, Read Our Lips Australia, has been launched to help Australians combat the effects of reduced capacity to communicate caused by

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flu shots
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
NSW residents urged to get flu shots for the winter
Nina Alvarez May 31, 2022

NSW residents are being urged to book in for their flu shots without delay, with winter just a week away and hospitals already seeing a

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Japanese Encephalitis
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
NSW records its second death of person with Japanese Encephalitis
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

NSW Health has recorded a second death of a person with Japanese encephalitis. Sadly, NSW Health can confirm the man in his 60s from the

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Werribee
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Bigger, Better ED For Werribee Mercy Hospital On The Way
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

The Andrews Labor Government is delivering a bigger and better emergency department for Melbourne’s booming outer suburbs, with multi-million-dollar expansions at the Werribee Mercy Hospital

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MedicineWise
Healthcare, Healthcare News
NPS MedicineWise welcomes Labor commitment to review quality use of medicines decision
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

NPS MedicineWise welcomes the commitment from Labor to review a decision announced in the budget that affects the way quality use of medicines (QUM) is

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gender diverse
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Mental Health
Gender diverse youth in VIC and NSW most affected by pandemic
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

Gender diverse young people, those living in Victoria and NSW, and students have reported higher proportions of negative impacts from COVID-19 on various aspects of

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leader
Featured Leader, Healthcare, Mental Health
Featured Leader Q&A: Margie Ireland, Author of “The Happy, Healthy Leader”
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

A healthy mind and a healthy body go hand in hand for people in high-pressure positions. But keeping sane amid a global health crisis can

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nicotine
Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
More than $1M of illegal nicotine vapes seized in NSW
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

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

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adolescent vaccines
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare
Adolescent vaccines now available in pharmacies ‘for the first time’
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

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

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