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Recognising the Nominees of the 2024 Senior Australian of the Year Award
For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market
Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – Issues Paper 1 released today
New incentives to boost advanced health services in regional communities
SARS-CoV-2 can infect dopamine neurons, causing senescence
Check your ‘fun parts’: what a new sexual health campaign for young Aussies gets right and wrong
New vaping laws not expected to lead to millions of GP visits
Register now for AMA/DoH scope of practice webinar
Record action on endometriosis continues in 2024
Grant applications now open for community and Indigenous organisations for funding to support people with cancer
New Victorian State Director appointed
Partnership to help patients receive palliative care at home
Smart glasses could help people who are blind or vision impaired navigate by sound
Appointment of Chief Medical Officer and Chief Psychiatrist
Tobacco use declines despite tobacco industry efforts to jeopardize progress
Make STI testing your Beforeplay – campaign launched today
Albanese Government cracks down on illegal tobacco imports
New sexual health campaign to combat rising rates of STIs
Labor playing Russian roulette with young Victorian lives by refusing to adopt pill testing
New members for National Aged Care Advisory Council
COVID is surging in Australia – and only 1 in 5 older adults are up to date with their boosters
National Allied Health Virtual Research Forum 2024 – Call for submissions
Flood-Affected Victorians Warned Of Mosquito Risk
Over 130,000 Medicare Urgent Care Clinic presentations
From research plan to research proposal – Medical Research Future Fund webinar
Australian Government bolsters safeguards in sport
Report on Australian Brain Cancer Mission
Disposable vape imports now banned
Expanded PBS listings make vital treatments more affordable
From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here’s what’s changing
Independent ED review interim recommendations received
Launch of the National Immunisation Program Vaccinations in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) Program
Covid emergency leave extended for permanent aged care residents
Additional $15 million in 2023-24 for CHSP ad hoc grant opportunity
10-year vision for digital health unveiled
Digital Health Blueprint has been published
CALD communities to have say in Medicare reforms
New Aged Care Act consultation now open
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Lake Haven
Express your interest in guiding the Medical Research Future Fund’s Australian Brain Cancer Mission
General practices and other essential health services in flood-affected Queensland must be supported
Aged Care Quality and Safety Advisory Council appointments
One-year on – Star Ratings highlights improved aged care
National Cabinet will lift stalemate on hospital funding
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in inner Melbourne
FASSTT launches Witness to War (1800 845 198), a free national multilingual telphone hotline for people affected by overseas conflicts
Study reveals art of ageing well
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Townsville