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 ...
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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 ...
More »Every second person in the world has ageist attitudes: WHO report
Ageism is ubiquitous worldwide, with every second person holding ageist attitudes, according to a new WHO report on ageism. Ageism seeps into many institutions and sectors of society including those providing health and social care, in the workplace, media and ...
More »Health workers could be punished for anti-vax messages, European vaccine rollout under a cloud
As the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out across aged care homes nationwide there have been encouraging signs from overseas as to the various vaccines' ability to reduce infection. In the US, as of February, 1,315,000 people had been infected across ...
More »Experts call for second investigation into the source of COVID-19
International virus experts are demanding another investigation into the source of COVID-19, amid concerns China had too much control over the last. In an open letter, academics from across the globe, including the Australian National University, called for an “unrestricted international forensic ...
More »Royal commission final report: PM’s initial reaction
Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...
More »Vaccine rollout ‘on track’ as first Aussies roll up their sleeve
Australia’s vaccine rollout is “on track” after a second delivery of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country on Tuesday. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the development gave him confidence in the reliability of supply from Europe. “The consistency of supply ...
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