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Despite improvements, the aged care sector is currently under extreme pressure. The serious effects of isolation and neglect are potentially as severe now and more widespread than in 2020.
Both companies say their drugs will work against the Omicron variant, though this is based on preliminary, lab-based research.
Whether it’s a special treat or family traits, children’s risk of being overweight or obese is strongly linked to their grandparents.
A public health expert explains emergency measures recently brought in to manage the impact of Omicron on our stressed health system.
The pandemic lifestyle we are all adjusting to is the life families of children with cancer have already been living. But there have been positives, too.
A GP and mental health clinician offers some tips to support your mental health if you get COVID and are isolating at home.
The airborne nature of COVID supports routine use of respirators by the public. Here, experts explain the science behind this recommendation.
While it may be possible to teach young infants basic motor skills in water, infants cannot, and should not, be expected to know how to swim or to be able to react appropriately in emergencies.
This is a proportional response to managing risk at this stage of the pandemic, with so many of us vaccinated and receiving boosters. However, we need to monitor these changes.
We’d all like some answers. But uncertainty over how we count COVID cases is complicating the picture. Here’s what to expect in the days and weeks ahead.
Keeping an eye on your oxygen levels at home can give you early warning your COVID is deteriorating.
If you or your child test positive for COVID, you clearly can’t go to that vaccination or booster appointment you had booked this week. So, when can you go?
Autophagy may be Nobel-winning research, but so far there’s no evidence that boosting how your cells recycle nutrients makes you live longer or lose weight.
Non-swimming adults must first get familiar with the different sensations in and underwater.
We’re reliant on overseas supply - and the many moving parts of delivery. Each of those parts require staff on the ground – and many workers in this system are likely being affected by Omicron.
You don’t have to join a weightlifting class to build strength in your muscles. Adding small loads while walking or swimming will have a similar training effect.
Not all parents agree about vaccinating their child. Here’s what’s likely to happen if cases go to court.
Whether you’ve tested positive on a PCR or a rapid antigen test, here are a GP’s tips of how to manage your condition.
Even minor reductions in COVID transmission rates due to early isolation would justify the additional costs associated with the policy.
Free rapid antigen tests makes public health sense and economic sense.
The public has been left to their own devices as all our previous safeguards collapse around us. We urgently need a “vaccines-plus” strategy to flatten the curve.
As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics, people often ask me what I eat. Here are four plant-based foods I have on my weekly grocery list.
The pandemic increased housework and childcare for women. It also exacerbated the work that keeps households and families running: the mental load.
With its simple but graphic line drawings and relaxed approach, The Joy of Sex offered a recipe for ‘doing it right’.