elective surgery
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
APHA says Elective surgery backlog in ‘serious’ state
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

A significant number of patients are waiting for elective surgery, 18 months after the first COVID-19 enforced shut down of procedures. It will be some

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1500 Views
award
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Awarded Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Research on Covid Vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2021)—Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1913 Views
pharmacists
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pharmacists quickly reach 100k rollout milestone
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) congratulates Australian pharmacists for standing up for their communities, as they pass an important milestone. In a few short

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1818 Views
prison
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
“Jabs in jail” urgently needed as COVID-19 encroaches on NSW’s prison
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

Prison officers are still waiting to get vaccinated even as COVID-19 case numbers begin to seriously test their efforts to keep NSW’s jails virus-free, with

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1894 Views
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
COVID -19 Update: NSW recorded 452 new locally acquired cases
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

NSW recorded 452 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 pm last night. Of these locally acquired cases, 129 are

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1831 Views
prostate cancer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Learning - Topics, Strategy
New blood test improves prostate cancer screening
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

Researchers at Karolinska Karolinska Institute recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate cancer screening. Now, the same research

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1947 Views
update
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
COVID-19 Update: NSW records 390 new locally acquired cases
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

NSW recorded 390 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 pm last night. Of these locally acquired cases, 140 are

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1922 Views
vaccine
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women need access to COVID-19 vaccination
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) urge all jurisdictions, and

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1952 Views
surgery
Healthcare News
Non-elective surgery suspended in Dubbo due to outbreak
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in the Western NSW Local Health District, non-urgent elective surgery will be temporarily postponed at Dubbo Base Hospital from

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1453 Views
RNA
Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Medical Science and Technology
Discovery opens up new RNA therapies for diseases driven by auto-inflammation
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

RNA therapeutics comprise a rapidly expanding category of drugs that have the potential to revolutionise treatments for many diseases, including those currently deemed undruggable. Key

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1519 Views
port workers
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
No urgency on vaccination of port workers
Lourdes Antenor Aug 11, 2021

The Government needs to explain why it hasn’t acted sooner to increase the uptake of vaccinations against Covid-19 at our ports and for port workers,

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1486 Views
Alcohol
Children's Health, Hospitals
Funding boost for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder diagnosis and care
Lourdes Antenor Aug 11, 2021

The diagnosis and treatment of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is set to be strengthened with the announcement of $3.68 million in funding

chat_bubble0 Comment visibility1931 Views

Healthcare Channel – Sharing knowledge and resources for Australia’s health and aged care sector

How can we help?

Request Media Kit

MENU LINKS

EVENTS

FOLLOW US

Facebook Linkedin Instagram

WRITE FOR US

We always welcome thought leaders ready to mentor the next generation. Be a Healthcare Channel learning partner today!

Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.

Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.