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Mothers and Children see positive statistics in early years of COVID 19 Pandemic

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a report recording data pertaining to birth statistics in the early years of the COVID 19 Pandemic. The findings show that in 2020 and 2021, there were over four thousand fewer babies requiring specialised care, and over two thousand babies born at a low birth weight, …

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Hearing loss triggered by disease and medication -research

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As you get older people expect that their hearing may not be as good as it used to be. If you have been to many loud music concerts or worked in a very noisy workplace you would also find some hearing loss. But it has been found that having contracted other diseases like COVID, Measles, …

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RSV and COVID on the rise

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Scant data from Federal and State health authorities are not helping assess the threat the latest COVID variant JN.1 presents to our health care system. We do know that currently there is a significant second wave afflicting those in Victoria and NSW. COVID deaths are still happening, but for the very young and the very …

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Pandemic worsens mental health for refugee women in Australia

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New research from the University of New South Wales found out women with refugee backgrounds in Australia have more mental health concerns linked to the Covid19 pandemic. Researchers found out more than 68 percent of women with a refugee background have a very serious issue with fear associated with Covid-19 because of the prior trauma …

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A third of volunteers have not come back

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Lockdowns, caring commitments and changed work arrangements affected volunteer organisations as people became less able to make it in to help during the pandemic. Now research has shown that although numbers could have been expected to bounce back – they haven’t; a third are missing, often the younger people. Although many people still volunteer in …

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Four years later, COVID remains an international emergency

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared COVID continues to be a public health emergency of international concern. As we enter the fourth year of living with COVID, many are asking the predictable question: when will the pandemic be over? The World Health Organisation says while we are still at an emergency phase of our …

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