paramedics
Healthcare News, Hospitals
Paramedics and patients put at risk by NSW Health inaction
Healthcare Channel Aug 3, 2021

As further Paramedics test positive for COVID-19, the Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) is demanding urgent measures to keep workers and communities safe, including better PPE

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Innovative
Aged Care, Healthcare
Innovative researchers encouraged to find breakthroughs in dementia
Healthcare Channel Jul 29, 2021

Innovative Experts and talented emerging researchers have an opportunity to access almost $4.8 million in funding for Project Grants, Fellowships and Innovation Grants through the

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Tokyo Olympics
Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Opinion
United by anger: Why Japanese people are against the Tokyo Olympics
Healthcare Channel Jul 29, 2021

As a pandemic-exhausted world celebrates the delayed 2020 Games, some Japanese citizens remain adamantly opposed. Macquarie University Japan specialist Dr Thomas Baudinette explains what’s behind

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Mask wearing
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Mask wearing in South East Queensland continued for another week
Healthcare Channel Jul 29, 2021

Mask wearing in South East Queensland will continue for another seven days as a precaution following new cases in the state. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer

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monopolies
COVID-19, Healthcare, Opinion
Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 times more expensive than it could be
Healthcare Channel Jul 29, 2021

The cost of vaccinating the world against COVID-19 could be at least five times cheaper if pharmaceutical companies weren’t profiteering from their monopolies on COVID-19

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Greater Melbourne
COVID-19, Healthcare
Greater Melbourne hotspot declaration for COVID-19 lifted
Healthcare Channel Jul 28, 2021

The Acting Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, has lifted the COVID-19 hotspot declaration of Greater Melbourne, Moorabool Shire, City of Greater Geelong,

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air quality
Aged Care, Healthcare
Multiple studies suggest improving air quality lowers dementia risk
Lourdes Antenor Jul 27, 2021

Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several studies reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2021 in

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greater Sydney
COVID-19, Hospitals
ATAGI’s response to NSW COVID-19 outbreak in greater Sydney
Lourdes Antenor Jul 27, 2021

All individuals aged 18 years and above in greater Sydney, including adults under 60 years of age, should strongly consider getting vaccinated with any available

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hospital
Hospitals
New Bay of Islands hospital facilities to bring services closer to home
Lourdes Antenor Jul 27, 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Andrew Little have joined a ceremony to bless the site and workers for Phase Two of the redevelopment

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research
Healthcare News
Government backs critical health research for New Zealanders
Lourdes Antenor Jul 27, 2021

Research into some of New Zealanders’ biggest health concerns including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease is getting crucial support in the latest round of health

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TGA
Children's Health, COVID-19
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approves Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds
Lourdes Antenor Jul 26, 2021

In a press release, Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, applauds the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) decision to allow 12 to 15-year-olds to

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wellbeing
Healthcare
Advancing the long-term wellbeing of people living with HIV
Lourdes Antenor Jul 22, 2021

Since antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV was introduced in 1996, AIDS-related morbidity and mortality has declined significantly. People living with HIV are now expected to

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