Another COVID summer for Victoria and Australia looms. Here's what it might look like
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Another COVID summer for Victoria and Australia looms. Here's what it might look like
For the third summer in a row, Australia is facing a wave of COVID-19 which is seeing more people contracting the virus in the lead-up to Christmas. After years of lockdowns and medical advancements, most people are now living the "COVID-normal&qu...
Amid explosion in popularity of melatonin to help kids sleep, parents told not to buy it online
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Experts have noticed an "exponential rise" in children being given melatonin to help them sleep but say parents shouldn't buy it online. Melatonin is a hormone produced by the brain after dark that regulates the circadian rhythm or body clock. In Australia, it's a prescription medication for people under the age of 55.
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses have better efficacy when given 12 weeks apart, study finds
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Waiting three months between the first and second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine results in high efficacy, backing current recommendations from Australian authorities, new research shows.
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Australia's regulator recommends a 12-week gap between AstraZeneca doses
Research in The Lancet shows the first of the two ja...
Aged care Royal Commission to examine use of restraints on patients after cases in NSW, Victoria
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The use of chemical and physical restraints in nursing homes in two cases highlighted by the ABC was "totally unacceptable", Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt has said.
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Ken Wyatt says he is glad the royal commission will look into cases like the ones exposed by the ABC
Aged and Community Services Australia bo...
ACCC Panadol Osteo
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I have asked my Department to urgently alert the ACCC to plans by the makers of Panadol Osteo to increase their price by 50 per cent on January 1 2016. There are no obvious market changes that justify such a substantial increase. This includes changes to the listing of a small number (15 per cent) of over-the-counter medicines on the Pharmaceutical...
