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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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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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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Children's Health, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Researchers pinpoint the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

On Saturday, researchers from The Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney released a study that confirmed not only how these infants die, but why. Sudden infant death

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abused
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
Abused aged care workers call for mental health support
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

Aged care workers raise concern over being verbally and mentally abused after the risk of the COVID-19 virus continues to plague the sector. The aged

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variant-proof
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Hopes for ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine in development
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

Sydney University is leading an international consortium hoping to develop a ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine. The consortium has a $US19.3 million ($A27.7 million) grant from The

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Cure Cancer
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Cure Cancer opens early-career research grant applications for 2023
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

For the past 55 years, Cure Cancer has been dedicated to funding novel cancer research projects, giving talented early-career cancer researchers the opportunity to pursue

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mental health unit
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals/Clinics, Learning - Topics, Mental Health
First public specialist Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit opens at RPA
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

New mums requiring specialist care for a severe mental illness can now have their babies stay with them at NSW’s first public, purpose-built Mother and

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