A new review of paracetamol has revealed it has only been proven to relive pain in four conditions. The University of Sydney systematic review, published this week in the Medical Journal of Australia, held that for most conditions, evidence regarding ...
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‘No link’ between vaccine and aged care death
Australia’s chief medical officer has said there is no apparent causal link between the death of an elderly Queensland woman and the COVID-19 vaccination she received hours earlier. The 82-year-old, who had been living at the Blue Care Yurana aged ...
More »‘No issue from our end’: Hunt on vaccine rollout dispute
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has defended Australia’s vaccine rollout after states and territories lashed the government over claims they were holding back vaccine doses from the public. Australia has administered a mere 670,000 vaccines as of March 31, falling ...
More »New step to contain ‘worrying’ cluster, no aged care cases yet
Brisbane residents will have access to urgent COVID-19 testing even when asymptomatic as fears grow over a cluster in the city. Queensland has confirmed 10 cases of the highly infectious UK COVID-19 strain, four locally acquired, plunging Greater Brisbane into ...
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 ...
More »Latest study shows growing resistance and hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccine
New analysis from the Australian National University shows resistance and hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccination is growing in Australia. The study is based on a longitudinal survey of 3,500 Australians that tracked individuals’ responses prior to the pandemic taking place, ...
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