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AHHA
Hospitals
AHHA appoints new executive chief following retirement of current head
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) announced the appointment of John Gregg as Chief Executive, following the retirement of its current Chief Executive, Adjunct

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adolescents
Hospitals, Mental Health
New tool for mental health of adolescents given highlight by UNICEF
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit, launched today, provides programmatic guidance for people working in the health, social services, education and

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surgery
Hospitals
This simple surgery prevents stroke in patients with heart disease
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that removing the

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pregnant
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19 infection do not face increased risk of death
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Pregnant women who develop severe COVID-19 infections that require hospitalization for pneumonia and other complications may not be more likely to die from these infections

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E. coli
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Identifying the rise of multi drug resistant E. coli in the largest genomic study in Norway
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Antibiotic resistance in E. coli has been steadily increasing since the early 2000s despite attempts to control it, a new study suggests. In the biggest genomic survey

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black fungus
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Rare but fatal black fungus on the rise in COVID patients in India
Lourdes Antenor May 12, 2021

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in India, doctors have begun to notice another alarming trend. Some COVID-19 patients who have recently been released

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midwives
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives

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Germany
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Germany launches new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and

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infection
Healthcare, Hospitals
Infection control practices and better hand hygiene given highlight
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

WHO’s latest global survey on the implementation of national infection prevention and control programmes highlights the urgent need to reduce inequalities in the availability of

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pregnancy
Children's Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, International News
Pregnancy loss and developmental abnormalities all linked to genetics and not mother’s intrauterine health
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and

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human
Hospitals
Human organ chips enable COVID-19 drug repurposing
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

A Wyss Institute-led collaboration spanning four research labs and hundreds of miles has used the Institute’s human organ-on-a-chip (Organ Chip) technology to identify the antimalarial

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tool
Hospitals
A powerful new tool awakens “ghost” in patients with Parkinson’s
Healthcare Channel Apr 29, 2021

Scientists are developing a completely new ‘brain stress test’ tool for evaluating the mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative

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