COVID-19

response
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
COVID-19 response further strengthened to protect senior Australians
Lourdes Antenor Jul 20, 2021

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

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Person Protective Equipment
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Additional Personal Protective Equipment for Primary Health Networks in Victoria
Lourdes Antenor Jul 20, 2021

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

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testing
COVID-19, Healthcare
A new and more strategic approach to COVID-19 testing
Lourdes Antenor Jul 15, 2021

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

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outbreak
COVID-19, Healthcare
Vaccine use safety in outbreak setting statement from ATAGI
Lourdes Antenor Jul 15, 2021

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

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fighting
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Topics
Fighting COVID with COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

What if the COVID-19 virus could be used in fighting against itself? Researchers at Penn State have designed a proof-of-concept therapeutic that may be able

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variants
COVID-19
Australian scientists reveal how our immune system reacts to COVID-19 variants
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however, these

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lockdown
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
COVID-19 update: NSW restrictions explained as lockdown is extended
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced that the two-week lockdown restrictions for greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong will be extended for an

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antivirals
COVID-19, Healthcare
Potential antivirals for COVID-19 revealed in large-scale drug analysis
Lourdes Antenor Jul 6, 2021

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential

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vaccinations
COVID-19, Hospitals
Vaccinations for aged care workers to be made mandatory
Lourdes Antenor Jun 29, 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that COVID-19 vaccinations for aged care workers will be made mandatory. According to the Prime Minister, the decision was

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lifespans
COVID-19, International News
Updated analysis of U.S. COVID-19 deaths shows drops, disparities in average lifespans
Lourdes Antenor Jun 25, 2021

An updated analysis of American COVID-19 deaths throughout 2020 reveals an even bigger drop in average lifespans as well as still substantial disparities by race

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deaths
COVID-19, International News
U.S counties underestimate COVID-19 deaths by 20 per cent
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Deaths caused by indirect effects of the pandemic emphasize the need for policy changes that address widening health and racial inequities. More than 15 months

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restrictions
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Melbourne will ease lockdown restrictions on Friday
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Restrictions across Victoria will ease on Friday as the state records 5 new locally acquired COVID cases. One “concerning” case involves a vaccinated nurse at

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