COVID-19
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Should COVID-positive aged care residents be transferred to hospital?
Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. That’s why Aged and…
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The Coronavirus Podcast: how nurses are using IT to fight COVID-19
Nurse Andrew Ingersoll is the inaugural Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) for South Western Sydney Local Health District and one…
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The Coronavirus Podcast: Can you catch COVID-19 from food?
Academics around the world are consumed with the questions that the coronavirus COVID-19 is asking of us. Questions such as…
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Where have all the preemies gone during the pandemic?
Maternity wards across the globe have noticed something strange happening during the coronavirus pandemic. Premature births were disappearing. Preterm birth…
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The Coronavirus Podcast episode 16: To mask or not to mask
Nearly three weeks ago, Melbourne was placed back into stage 3 lock down measures and as the COVID-19 crisis in…
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Experts call out activewear company’s anti-virus claims
Clothing company Lorna Jane has been fined $40,000 for claiming it sold "anti-virus activewear". The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last…
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Two major drug breakthroughs could be ‘game changers’ in the fight against COVID-19
A breakthrough has been made in the race to find a coronavirus vaccine as a new drug developed by academics…
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The Coronavirus Podcast episode 15: Should we pursue an elimination strategy?
With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 forcing Melbourne back into lockdown for six weeks and parts of NSW on high…
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Aged care residents dying at 3 times the normal rate in the UK during pandemic
Aged care residents died at three times the normal rate in the UK during the COVID-19 peak in April, according…
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The Coronavirus Podcast episode 14
This week on The Coronavirus Podcast, host Conor Burke is joined by Professor Michael Ward from the University of Sydney.…
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