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As several countries in Europe and Africa battle a fourth wave of COVID-19, concerns as to whether Australia will follow have begun to emerge.  Top epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman said he is optimistic about the future but affirms that vaccines ...

Fatigued nurses in NSW are continuing to push for pay increases for their work during COVID-19, Nursing Review has heard, amid radio silence from state officials and local MPs. A motion calling for hazard pay, which started from an online ...

A nutritious diet could be more effective than drugs in preventing stroke, diabetes and heart disease, a new University of Sydney study has found. The research, published in Cell Metabolism, tested different combinations of three anti-ageing drugs with various mixtures ...

Increased reports of violent assaults against nurses have shed light on a different type of epidemic facing the country’s front line workers. In NSW, Bureau of Crime statistics show assaults against healthcare staff have risen by 55 per cent since ...

If the Australian healthcare sector was a country, it would be the fifth-largest carbon emitter on the entire planet. Experts say that nurses, making up the largest group of healthcare workers, can use their trusted voice in the community to ...

When clinical midwife Jan Becker first stepped into a busy delivery ward in sub-Saharan Africa eight years ago, it was both beautiful and horrifying.  Every woman who gave birth was in the same room, on a sponge rubber bed, with ...

For many, keeping positive and optimistic has been key to navigating the uncertainties and perils of the COVID-19 pandemic. But those harbouring an obsession with staying upbeat, or viewing negative emotions as a failure or weakness, may have fallen into ...

Fed up with the tonnes of unused medical supplies thrown out by her local hospital, theatre nurse Claire Lane devised a way to reduce landfills and give aid to those who need it. The 33-year-old Brisbane mother collects and redistributes ...

Student nurses and midwives will be critical to assisting Australia’s recovery from COVID-19, but have gone largely unrecognised by the broader system, according to education leaders. Tracey Moroney, a professor of Nursing at the University of Wollongong, says there needs ...

Marilyn Laws was prepping her backyard for a Christmas party last year when she tripped over and hurt her arm. Her husband rushed her to the emergency room, where she later underwent surgery for a broken forearm. Four months later ...