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air pollution
Children's Health
Air pollution is putting children at higher risk of diseases in adulthood
Lourdes Antenor Feb 23, 2021

Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of

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Australia
Healthcare News
Australia officially starts COVID-19 vaccine rollout today
Lourdes Antenor Feb 22, 2021

Australia remains on track and begins rolling out the COVID-19 Vaccination Program starting today, February 22, 2021. Initial doses of vaccines will go to: aged

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Taeniasis
Healthcare News, International News
Large-scale treatment of Taeniasis shows interesting and far-reaching results
Lourdes Antenor Feb 18, 2021

Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by T. solium tapeworm and occurs when humans eat raw or undercooked, infected pork. A three-year pilot project for

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listeria
Healthcare News
Possible Listeria outbreak under investigation by CDC
Lourdes Antenor Feb 17, 2021

Listeria can cause severe illness (known as invasive listeriosis) when the bacteria spread beyond the gut to other parts of the body. The CDC and the

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mental health
Mental Health
Mental health response during public emergencies in need of improvement
Lourdes Antenor Feb 12, 2021

The importance of integrating mental health into preparedness and response plans for public health emergencies was emphasized by WHO Member States at the WHO Executive

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behavior
Hospitals
How people’s behavior can complicate epidemic outcomes
Lourdes Antenor Feb 11, 2021

A new model of disease spread describes how competing economic and health incentives influence social contact – and vice versa. The result is a complex

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climate change
Healthcare News
Climate change may have played a role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Lourdes Antenor Feb 10, 2021

Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by

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Ebola
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Ebola virus kills woman in Congo leaving fears of another outbreak
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to contain a possible Ebola outbreak after a woman has died from the virus. The

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10 million
Healthcare News
10 million additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines secured for Australia
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

The Australian Government has secured an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine on the advice of the Scientific Industry Technical Advisory

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unita health
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Topics
Unita Health marks launch with completion of Charlie Teo’s newest initiative
Lourdes Antenor Feb 9, 2021

Australian construction and fit-out company, Unita, has announced the launch of their new Healthcare division, Unita Health, with world-renowned brain surgeon Professor Charlie Teo, singing

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breast cancer
Healthcare News
Breast cancer is now the most common form of Cancer
Lourdes Antenor Feb 4, 2021

Breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly-diagnosed cancer, according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer

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FIFA
Healthcare, Hospitals
FIFA and WHO join forces to tackle COVID-19 in #ACTogether movement
Lourdes Antenor Feb 4, 2021

FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics, and to

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