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A young Melbourne nurse involved in treating COVID-19 patients has contracted the virus and has taken to Facebook to warn others about the dangers of ignoring health measures. Dan Collins, who spoke via a video posted on Facebook, put his ...

This week, host Conor Burke is Joined by Jenny Wallace, NUM on the respiratory/COVID ward at Liverpool hospital in Sydney. Wallace has been working on the respiratory ward for 11 years and talks to us about how treating COVID-19 positive ...

The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector, leading to one of the highest aged care death rates in the world. In his opening remarks on Monday, counsel ...

Nurse Andrew Ingersoll is the inaugural Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) for South Western Sydney Local Health District and one of only a few to hold this role nationwide. CNIOs advocate on behalf of the nursing and midwifery workforce as ...

Academics around the world are consumed with the questions that the coronavirus COVID-19 is asking of us. Questions such as such as where did it come from? Or how long will the virus stay airborne? What exact symptoms will I ...

Maternity wards across the globe have noticed something strange happening during the coronavirus pandemic. Premature births were disappearing. Preterm birth is defined by the WHO as babies born alive before 37 weeks, with extremely preterm occurring before 28 weeks. In ...

Hospital staff across NSW will now have to wear masks if they are within the social distancing marker of 1.5 metres under new directives announced by the state government on Friday. As the Victoria crisis rages, and NSW COVID-19 numbers ...

Nearly three weeks ago, Melbourne was placed back into stage 3 lock down measures and as the COVID-19 crisis in the state worsens, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that masks, or face coverings, will now be mandatory in all public ...

A breakthrough has been made in the race to find a coronavirus vaccine as a new drug developed by academics from the university of Oxford is shown to induce an immune response, prompting the UK government to order 100 million ...

The CEO of an independent aged care home in NSW is calling for help from the government as she is forced to reinstate some lockdown visitation measures and her home is on the brink of running out of PPE. Viv ...