covid 19

couple
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Couple who travelled from Victoria to Queensland under investigation, NSW on high alert
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

A couple who travelled from Victoria through the NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have presented a “real and present danger” to the communities and places

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rollout
COVID-19
Queensland Community Pharmacies leads the way for vaccination rollout
Lourdes Antenor Jun 8, 2021

49 community pharmacies across Queensland had begun the rollout and started offering the COVID-19 vaccine to members of the community. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s

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victoria
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Victoria reports 5 cases of COVID-19 on day 3 of lockdown
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Victoria reported 5 new local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. One of these cases was a health worker in a Melbourne aged care facility where

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THANZ
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Full statement from ATAGI and THANZ on Thrombosis with TTS and the use of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Lourdes Antenor May 25, 2021

Read this joint statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ)

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machines
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Machines: People with COVID-19 are being nicer to them
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

People are not very nice to machines. The disdain goes beyond the slot machine that emptied your wallet, a dispenser that failed to deliver a

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clots
COVID-19, Healthcare
COVID-19 triggering recurrent blood clots in arms reported by researchers
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in

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pregnant
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19 infection do not face increased risk of death
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Pregnant women who develop severe COVID-19 infections that require hospitalization for pneumonia and other complications may not be more likely to die from these infections

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black fungus
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Rare but fatal black fungus on the rise in COVID patients in India
Lourdes Antenor May 12, 2021

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in India, doctors have begun to notice another alarming trend. Some COVID-19 patients who have recently been released

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human
Hospitals
Human organ chips enable COVID-19 drug repurposing
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

A Wyss Institute-led collaboration spanning four research labs and hundreds of miles has used the Institute’s human organ-on-a-chip (Organ Chip) technology to identify the antimalarial

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dementia
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News
Fewer deaths among Australians with dementia during first 10 months of COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare Channel Apr 26, 2021

The age-standardized death rate of Australians with dementia fell during the first 10 months of 2020, probably as a result of measures designed to prevent

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children
Children's Health
Children’s Health: Prevalence of COVID symptoms on weakened immune systems
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying symptoms, a new study suggests. During

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videocam dose
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals, Watch
Questions with Professor Michael Kidd: second vaccine dose, vaccine safety and consent forms
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, answers the top three questions you’ve been asking about the second AstraZeneca vaccine dose, vaccine safety, and consent

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