A Canadian nurse, trained in travel health, has built a career on specialist counselling about vaccines, avoiding tropical disease and illness. In 2012, 8.2 million Australians left Australia for a short-term trip. Ten years ago, this number was 3.5 million ...

Despite risk of exposure to influenza and other infectious diseases, vaccine take-up rates among health professionals remains dangerously low. By Amie Larter Despite almost constant recommendations for an annual influenza vaccination, there has been little change in the levels of ...

Over 4000 nurses have descended on Melbourne for the ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress. The six-day event started on Saturday with an opening ceremony that included a parade of nations, presentation of awards and entertainment from Deborah Tetum. The theme of ...

The career path for nurses is now branching out in many directions, giving rise to new, and challenging, opportunities. By Terry Smyth It’s an image thing. Nurses consistently rate as the most trusted profession, yet the public’s perception of a ...

Better management of wound care could generate significant savings as budgets come under increasing pressure. By Aileen Macalintal Who would think caring for wounds could cost billions? An estimated 433,000 Australians deal with acute and chronic wounds annually, costing the ...

Nurses and midwives in South Australia are turning to Facebook in a bid to capture the attention of State Treasurer, Jay Weatherill. By Amie Larter The South Australian branch of The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has launched an online ...

Nurses and midwives at the Mater Public Hospital in Brisbane have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to implement nurse and midwife employment conditions that are inferior to Queensland Health employment arrangements. Huge majority votes were cast against the hospital’s non-government operators’ ...

Butler to recommend dementia to be added to national list of health priorities. The federal government will spend almost $270 million on the care and diagnosis of dementia sufferers, but the money falls short of calls by Alzheimer's Australia for ...

Melbourne Uni’s School of Population Health launches study into mental health of survivors of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires. In the wake of the Black Saturday bushfires, Kinglake resident Leslie Bebbington saw a need to bring the region's young people together. ...

Expert says Australia should introduce scheme similar to US and Europe. A professor of paediatric infectious diseases has called for Australia to consider adopting a compensation scheme for those who suffer a serious adverse reaction to vaccination. Professor David Issacs ...