The Morrison Government is continuing to support residential aged care providers in Greater Sydney and across New South Wales with emergency preparedness and response activities and introducing more stringent reporting requirements to protect senior Australians. ...
The Australian Government is providing $3 million to support young Australians in Victoria, ensuring they can access mental health support if and when they need it during this lockdown. The Morrison Government is providing $3 ...
The Australian Government has announced significant quantities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be made available for GPs, community pharmacies and other healthcare providers across Greater Melbourne, Moorabool Shire, City of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast ...
Currently, COVID-19 testing is primarily limited to self-selected individuals, many of whom are symptomatic or have had contact with someone who is symptomatic. While these tests are useful for individual medical treatment and contact tracing, ...
In lab tests, Imperial researchers have created a metal-based molecule that inhibits the build-up of a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A peptide is a fragment of a protein, and one of the key hallmarks ...
The results of a study by an international scientific team co-led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest that — like pouring water atop a wellhead before pumping ...
23 million children missed out on basic childhood immunization through routine health services in 2020, the highest number since 2009 and 3.7 million more than in 2019. 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines ...
ATAGI recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines are stated in the Clinical guidance on the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia in 20211. ATAGI has reviewed its clinical advice in the setting of increasing community ...
A study by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators hints that people with COVID-19 may experience milder symptoms if certain cells of their immune systems “remember” previous encounters with seasonal coronaviruses — the ones that ...
Australians with lower levels of education, living in inner regional areas, or paying off a mortgage or renting, are more likely to be overweight or obese, according to a new report, Inequalities in overweight and obesity and ...
There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, ...