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ACEM Medal awarded to Dr Barry Gunn and Dr John Bonning
Coronavirus Update 29 June
Open Air Factor: natural form of infection control?
New report: workers’ understanding of workers’ compensation systems
Sleep study and new drug treatment awarded Innovation Grants
Innovative modular hospital wards to boost WA’s hospital capacity
Lumos Diagnostics secures authorisation for test in Canada
NT Covid update 28 June
$530 million for expansion of Townsville University Hospital to deliver 143 extra beds
$1.2 billion new Bundaberg Hospital to deliver 121 new beds
California’s Dixie Fire shows impact of legacy effects, prescribed burns
Suicide vulnerability index, machine learning model help predict counties’ risk
Role for sport in men’s mental health
Allied health workers vote to accept deal
Trial of new treatment to prevent prisoner suicide launches
QEII Hospital projects deliver 140 new beds
Council wins Excellence in Sustainability
NT Covid update 27 June
ACT Greens want an end to subsidy for horse racing
Government invests to minimise gambling harm
Third wave of Covid delivers highest mortality risk in Australian ICUs
NT Covid update 26 June
Joint web statement by UN Human rights experts on Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade
NT Covid update 25 June
WHO publishes updated guidance on hepatitis C infection
Vaccination mandates to ease in Queensland on June 30
?NSW Education Department proposes change to vaccine mandate?
NSW Education proposes change to vaccine mandate
Coronavirus Update 24 June
NT Covid update 24 June
Researchers say slippery walls make it difficult for biting insects to rest
GSK reaffirms longstanding commitment and expands its donation programme to three diseases
Local authority austerity associated with poor health
Trachoma elimination: millions more to benefit from donated azithromycin
Cancer Council warns urgent intergovernmental action is essential to stop an epidemic of e-cigarette use among young people
Untapped workforce potential of refugee women
Nurses and midwives need better support
AMA calls for GP telehealth funding extension
Fishy capture reveals prized Queensland species moving south
NT Covid update 23 June
Coronavirus Update 23 June
Centre for National Resilience’s time at top comes to an end
Recurrent pregnancy loss linked to increased stroke risk later in life
COVID-Ready Modelling update 22 June
UOW to conduct study on pandemic experience of essential workers
Government outlines plans for future Covid variants
NSW latest towards elimiation of hepatitis C as public health concern
Online information session to support businesses with pandemic transition