Data shows that vaccination coverage rates for Australian children have dropped for the third straight year, sparking concern from the nation's immunologists. The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) released their 2023 annual report last week, which shows ...

David Crisafulli has lead the Liberal National Party to victory in the Queensland state election, ending the Labor government's nine-year reign. The new premier has promised the state a "fresh start", with election promises centred on the state's youth crime ...

Data has revealed that over a third (38%) of health and wellness professionals are yet to file their tax return despite the looming October 31 deadline. Tax and accounting service Hnry have revealed in their quarterly Sole Trader Pulse report that ...

Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia; Guzyal Hill, Charles Darwin University; Hassan Vally, Deakin University; Kim M Caudwell, Charles Darwin University; Michael Toole, Burnet Institute; Steven McGloughlin, Monash University, and Tari Turner, Monash University With COVID still classified as an ...

Barely one-in-100 rentals in Australia are affordable for the average nurse, construction worker, early childhood educator or hospitality worker. Anglicare Australia has crunched the numbers and finds essential workers who can get a rental have essentially no money left to live ...

In a global first, almost 8,000 people have been identified by linking existing data as living with incurable breast cancer in New South Wales. Cancer Institute NSW has linked data sets from Australian cancer registry, hospitals and clinical treatments, the ...

Rhys Thomas White, ESR; David Winter, ESR, and Suzanne Manning, ESR Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. ...

Concerning figures have been released regarding the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of the nation's carers. The Palliative Care Australia (PCA) national workforce survey has analysed the impact of the growing demand and resource challenges associated with palliative care on ...

Since Covid was first reported in December 2019, there have been more than 775 million recorded infections and more than seven million deaths from the disease. This makes Covid the seventh-deadliest pandemic in recorded history. Factors including climate change, disruption ...

NSW nurses have come to an interim agreement with the state government after a lengthy wage dispute, which led to nurses walking off the job for 24 hours. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed a proposal had been accepted nearly a week ...