Leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and IUCN to help guide decision-makers toward a healthier, greener and ...
The first day of the Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 kicked off with Jim Kelly, Director of Health and Safe Design SafeWork NSW, and with Sean Hall as the Chair. Kelly started the discussion by ...
New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant released the NSW HIV Strategy 2021–2025, which aims to achieve the virtual elimination of HIV transmission in NSW. NSW is a world leader in responding to ...
Until recently I haven’t really given a lot of thought to community health. As the COVID-19 pandemic still continues to play a huge part in 2021 (and perhaps years to come) it got me thinking ...
Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 speaker Sean hall interviews Alexia Houston, Head of Insurance and Risk at Clayton Utz. Tackling the stigma of mental health in the workplace is one of the biggest barriers that need ...
This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to falsified COVID-19 Vaccine identified as “BNT162b2” detected in Mexico in February 2021 and recently confirmed as falsified to the WHO. The falsified product was supplied and administered to patients ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million infections and 147,000 deaths as of early 2021. Yet even as mortality rates in ...
Knee osteoarthritis is a painful condition that affects over 14 million U.S. adults, many of whom have extreme obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 40kg/m2. Total knee replacement (TKR) is often recommended ...
Objectives: Older adults utilize health care systems to a higher frequency than younger groups, and are more vulnerable to system bias regarding ageing and expectations of old age. This narrative review attempts to outline the ...
Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falls in 2017, according to new University at Buffalo research. The study found that the percentage of adults 65 and older ...
On World Water Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its strategy on water, sanitation and hygiene as part of joint efforts by the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) ...
Ageism leads to poorer health, social isolation, earlier deaths, and cost economies billions: report calls for swift action to implement effective anti-ageism strategies Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes ...