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A new report, emanating from the Lancet Covid commission, revealed that potential pressure on our healthcare system could have been reduced if the government, the public, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) had considered alternative responses in dealing with Covid ...

A 55-year-old palliative care patient may have been alive when he was put in a body bag and taken to a morgue, with the shocking case now referred to the state coroner and two other inquiries. A doctor at Rockingham ...

Chronic demand for qualified nurses in Australia has prompted sector leaders to call for greater investment in workforce development and leadership. New statistics from the National Skills Priority List, released in early October, shows there are currently 9,266 advertised vacancies ...

Financial barriers for students and an unwillingness of hospitals to provide practice placements are hindering studying nurses from graduating, a new study has found. Lead researcher, Professor Lesley Andrew from Edith Cowan University, says that it's critical nursing students are ...

Dementia advocate Mick Simpson was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia in 2018 and is now actively spreading awareness – quite literally, as he's walked over 180km this year. But, while on the phone with Nursing Review, he brought to light that healthcare ...

Artificial intelligence could be used to explore how the Covid-19 virus might evolve, according to a team of international researchers. William Kelton, from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, has been involved in the ETH Zurich research, aimed at preparing for ...

Eating 500 grams of strawberries, equal to 2.5 cups, every day might be one way to stave off age-related diseases, according to an exciting field called cellular senescence. The science studies 'senescent' cells that have have stopped dividing and linger ...

A first-of-its-kind spray coating has been developed that can help prevent future Covid and bacteria-related deaths by reducing the spread of pathogens on surfaces. The coating fends off infections by resisting the uptake of bacteria and viruses that accumulate on ...

Federal Health minister Mark Butler has announced that the government will fork out an additional $1.4 billion over the upcoming three months to prevent Covid outbreaks in hospitals and aged care homes.  The Covid package, due to expire by the ...

The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, in their submission to a federal parliament Senate committee, has called for a one-day reduction in the working week, or for a 32 hour week rather than 38. The ANMF told the Select ...