Govt bans fixed-dose combo drugs with chlorpheniramine, phenylephrine for under 4yrs
The Union ministry of health and family welfare on Saturday announced that it has banned Fixed Dose Combinations…
Peak medical bodies demand inquiry into rising childbirth injury rates
The calls from the National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and…
Influenza A surge: Flu patients face corridor beds and 10-hour waits
“They are so incredibly under-resourced,” she said. In the past fortnight, a surge of influenza A cases has…
Australia’s nursing crisis: ‘Nothing has changed’ since Covid
Amy Halvorsen made nationwide headlines when she very publicly walked off the job at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital four…
Colombia Earthquake: 132 dead, state of emergency declared, Australian travellers warned
The death toll from Colombia’s devastating earthquake has climbed to at least 169, with thousands of people reported…
Nurses assaulted at work: The stats that should alarm all Australians
Nick Howson was left in a “heap on the floor” after being assaulted at work and suffering a…
Regional emergency departments are overcrowded and risking patient safety, doctors say
Victoria’s most dysfunctional and dangerous emergency departments are in regional areas, health department data shows. The quarterly statistics…
Google Cloud & MLCommons launch secure MedPerf tests
Google Cloud and MLCommons have launched MedPerf on Google Cloud Confidential Computing, allowing medical AI models to be…
Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union survey finds ‘crisis level’ workplace violence
In her almost 30 years as a nurse, Annalise* has been “punched, kicked, spat on” and even bitten…
Donald Trump draws line in sand with Chinese humanoid robots, ‘unacceptable’ national security risk
The Trump administration has banned the import of new Chinese-made humanoid robots into the United States, warning the…
Memo to SA Health: Australia does not need another AI scribe
SA Health and a few of its doctors are using $1.9m of public system money to compete with…
Australians urged to get vaccinated as RSV cases set to surge
Australians have been warned as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases are expected to surge in the coming weeks.…