covid

COVID-19, Healthcare News, Policy
COVID communications campaign “First Things First” launched for next phase of vaccinations
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

The next phase of the Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccination communications campaign launches today, reminding people that the first thing they need to do to get

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COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
COVID-19 vaccine protection added to Zurich life policies
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

Insurance company Zurich Life & Investments and its OnePath Life business have moved to include specific COVID-19 vaccine protection. The additional cover at no extra

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fighting
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Topics
Fighting COVID with COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

What if the COVID-19 virus could be used in fighting against itself? Researchers at Penn State have designed a proof-of-concept therapeutic that may be able

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sneeze
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Learning - Function
What makes us sneeze? understanding sneezing to treat future outbreaks
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

A tickle in the nose can help trigger a sneeze, expelling irritants and disease-causing pathogens. But the cellular pathways that control the sneeze reflex go

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baby
Children's Health, Healthcare
Birth trends: COVID’s impact on pregnancy could lead to baby surge
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

A different type of surge may be on the way more than a year into the pandemic — a baby surge. The COVID-19 shutdown initially

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deaths
COVID-19, International News
U.S counties underestimate COVID-19 deaths by 20 per cent
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Deaths caused by indirect effects of the pandemic emphasize the need for policy changes that address widening health and racial inequities. More than 15 months

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Southbank
COVID-19, Healthcare News
No new locally acquired COVID cases recorded in Victoria as health authorities monitor possible outbreak in Southbank townhouse complex
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

Local health authorities are monitoring the situation in a Southbank townhouse complex in a bid to prevent a potential outbreak as Victoria reports no new

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cancer
COVID-19
Safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in people with cancer
Lourdes Antenor Jun 11, 2021

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were questions about how people in active cancer treatment would fare if they became infected with

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gene
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Function
Gene protection for COVID-19 identifies why some people don’t get sick
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered. A scientific and medical team

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lockdown
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Lockdown in Melbourne set to ease on Friday with one local case recorded
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

Restrictions from Melbourne’s lockdown is set to ease on Friday with the government imposing a 25-kilometre travel bubble for Melburnian’s. This decision comes after Victoria

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fatigue
COVID-19, Mental Health
Neurological symptoms like fatigue common in mild COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jun 7, 2021

Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with Covid-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild

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Testosterone
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Low testosterone in men could mean higher risk of sever COVID infection
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal

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