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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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peptide
Hospitals
Stalling the build-up of Alzheimer’s peptide
Healthcare Channel Jul 15, 2021

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

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chronic
Healthcare
Chronic lung disease and COVID-19
Lourdes Antenor Jul 15, 2021

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

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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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coronaviruses
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Study ties milder COVID-19 symptoms to prior run-ins with other coronaviruses
Healthcare Channel Jul 13, 2021

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

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social housing
Hospitals
The state of the 436,000 social housing dwellings across Australia
Healthcare Channel Jul 13, 2021

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has shown there were 436,300 social housing dwellings nationwide at June 2020, two-thirds (68%)

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obesity
Healthcare
Inequalities and social detriments could be a factor in obesity among Australians
Healthcare Channel Jul 13, 2021

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,

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hunger
Healthcare
Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
Healthcare Channel Jul 13, 2021

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.

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mandatory
Healthcare
AHPPC statement on mandating vaccinations for disability care workers
Healthcare Channel Jul 13, 2021

Many people with disabilities have a higher risk of developing severe illnesses from COVID-19. Mandatory vaccination among residential disability workers will help protect people with

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Fibromyalgia
Hospitals
Fibromyalgia likely the result of autoimmune problems
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with the University of Liverpool and the Karolinska

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treatment
Healthcare, Healthcare News
New treatment options for deadliest of cancers
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

A new targeted treatment for mutant proteins which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at the University of

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