A South Australian mother was left feeling “anxious” and “mad” after her 11-year-old was forced to wait three hours in the emergency department without seeing a doctor. Maria Stevens took her son Stephen Watkins to the Women's and Children’s Hospital ...
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Aussie vaccine technology ‘promising’ but risks to COVID-19 strategy were too great: study
Australia’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate had potential but the false positives on HIV tests were too great a hurdle to move it into further trials, a study published this week has confirmed. The University of Queensland vaccine was abandoned last ...
More »Australia’s aged care system needs $10 billion a year: Grattan
The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new ...
More »Game changer: PM on [email protected] report
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to or noted all 55 recommendations in a report on sexual harassment in the workplace, one year on from its release. At a press conference, Morrison called the [email protected] Report a “game changer”. It ...
More »Nurses plea to Health Minister after girl’s death at Perth hospital
Concerned nurses have written an urgent letter to the West Australian Health Minister with a 10-point action plan following the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl. Aishwarya Aswath developed a fever on Good Friday and was taken to Perth Children’s Hospital ...
More »Isn’t it time we took incontinence seriously?
Over five million Australians aged 15 years and over suffer with bladder or bowel control problems, a figure predicted to grow to 6.5 million by 2030, and people with incontinence suffer long-term physical and emotional impact and rarely seek help. ...
More »How toxic and sexist workplaces affect employee health
Overt sexism remains prevalent in many Australian workplaces – and within the political bubble – and its affecting employees’ emotional and physical health, experts warn. Writing for The Conversation, lecturer Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Professor Paula Brough, who both ...
More »Speed of Australia’s vaccine rollout ranked 90th in the world, expert says
The speed of Australia's vaccination rate is ranked just 90th in the world, as experts warn the coronavirus is mutating faster than the country is administering jabs. University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell ...
More »Study explores COVID-19, shift work link
Shift workers, particularly those regularly on night shift, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study suggests. The research team used data from UK Biobank project, a record of the lifestyle, medical history, nutritional habits, physical measurements and ...
More »Mother found not guilty of infecting her son with faeces
A Sydney mother has been found not guilty of deliberately poisoning her sick son with faeces. A judge found there was “no evidence” she infected the boy through his cannula while he was a patient at The Children’s Hospital at ...
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