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Aged Care
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Post Event
Aged care professionals discuss the opportunities in the future of aged care in Australia
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

Healthcare has continued to be in the spotlight, especially so for the past couple of years. With COVID-19 at everyone’s heels, issues like worker retention

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third wave
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Third wave of COVID-19 delivers highest mortality risk in Australian ICUs
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

According to a new study led by Monash University, of those admitted to the ICU with COVID-19, after accounting for age and how sick patients

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HRQoL
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Personal insight may predict future health events for older people
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

An older person’s perceptions about their health – known as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) – may predict their health in the future, new Monash

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Omicron
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Omicron wave cases ‘twice as high’, study shows current count
Nina Alvarez Jun 21, 2022

Australian COVID-19 cases after the peak of the Omicron wave were at least twice as high as reported to authorities, a blood antibody study shows.

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ATAGI
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
ATAGI’s recommendations on winter COVID-19 booster doses
Nina Alvarez Jun 21, 2022

On 25 March 2022, ATAGI recommended an additional winter booster dose (4th dose for most people) for the highest risk groups: the elderly, residents of

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flu resurgence
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Record 65,000 flu cases in May as experts warn 2022 flu resurgence
Nina Alvarez Jun 15, 2022

Experts have warned that the 2022 flu resurgence season will redefine what it means for Australia to be ‘flu ready’ as the National Notifiable Disease

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monkeypox
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Monkeypox updates and risk assessment from Western Australia
Nina Alvarez Jun 15, 2022

A visitor who travelled through Perth last month was diagnosed with monkeypox after returning overseas. No secondary cases were identified in Western Australia following contact

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Coronavirus
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Coronavirus update for Victoria – 8 June 2022
Nina Alvarez Jun 9, 2022

Here are the Coronavirus updates and statistics for the VIC area, including vaccinations and fatalities. There are 522 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria –

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plastic surgeons
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Queensland law changes concern plastic surgeons
Nina Alvarez Jun 9, 2022

People have used social media testimonials to build entire surgery practices without any medical qualifications, a Queensland inquiry has been told. Australian Society of Plastic

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suicide
Children's Health, Mental Health
New support for children impacted by a family suicide
Nina Alvarez Jun 7, 2022

Children whose parent or sibling has died by suicide can now attend virtual and in-person day camps specially designed to help them process grief and

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tax
COVID-19, Healthcare, Public Health and Careers
New policies in place for COVID-19 tax deductions
Nina Alvarez Jun 7, 2022

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) anticipates that COVID-19 will continue to impact the income and deductions taxpayers will be reporting this tax time. Assistant Commissioner Tim

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HSU
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News
HSU launches legal crackdown on aged care outsourcing
Nina Alvarez Jun 7, 2022

The Health Services Union (HSU) today commences a precedent-setting legal push to prevent aged care operators slashing pay by engaging catering staff under the hospitality award through

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