Mask 😷 up everyone!
#Aushealth
#Aushealth
Queensland: 100 cases a day, horror new strain looming.
"With 100 Queenslanders a day already admitted to hospital, the state now faces a serious threat from the most contagious strain of Covid-19 ever recorded."
Source: archive.md/W8ulk
"With 100 Queenslanders a day already admitted to hospital, the state now faces a serious threat from the most contagious strain of Covid-19 ever recorded."
Source: archive.md/W8ulk
May 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Mask 😷 up everyone!
#Aushealth
#Aushealth
South Australia: "4 students from Brighton Secondary school infected in measles outbreak"
Nicola Spurrier: “We’re very concerned about this outbreak… we don’t normally see such an amount of spread.” She warns it’s “one of the most infectious communicable diseases” and more cases may be “brewing.”
Nicola Spurrier: “We’re very concerned about this outbreak… we don’t normally see such an amount of spread.” She warns it’s “one of the most infectious communicable diseases” and more cases may be “brewing.”
Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak
A temporary vaccination service has been set up for a school community in Adelaide's southern suburbs after four students tested positive for measles.
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Health Minister, Mark Butler, has urged Australians to update their Covid-19 boosters to deal with a new covid variant spreading quickly around Australia.
#auspol
#aushealth
#covid-19
#auspol
#aushealth
#covid-19
Health minister urges Australians to stay up-to-date with Covid-19 boosters
The health minister, Mark Butler, has said a new Covid-19 variant is spreading around Australia, encouraging Australians to stay up-to-date with their boosters. Over 75yrs - get. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
The health minister, Mark Butler, has said a new Covid-19 variant is spreading around Australia, encouraging Australians to stay up-to-date with their boosters. Over 75yrs - get. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
Australia news live: health minister issues warning on new Covid variant; Ley pays tribute to mother on morning of funeral
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www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Health Minister, Mark Butler, has urged Australians to update their Covid-19 boosters to deal with a new covid variant spreading quickly around Australia.
#auspol
#aushealth
#covid-19
#auspol
#aushealth
#covid-19
Awful.
The Queensland Government is actively harming trans kids. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
The Queensland Government is actively harming trans kids. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Snap new Queensland ban on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents
The Queensland health minister has issued a new directive to ban public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers to youths six hours after a Supreme Court overturned the January freeze.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Awful.
The Queensland Government is actively harming trans kids. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
The Queensland Government is actively harming trans kids. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Comment from Victoria University: The easiest way to prevent others contracting Long Covid is to stay home when sick, and for govt to increase paid leave
Long Covid's long reach
newsroom.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people…” #COVID19Australia #COVID19vaccination #aushealth #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Not only does Australia not get updated vaccines in good time, the government has now limited free access. Based on the notion that we all have strong immunity due to infections and previous vax. So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people 😣 - huh?
Not only does Australia not get updated vaccines in good time, the government has now limited free access. Based on the notion that we all have strong immunity due to infections and previous vax. So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people 😣 - huh?
This virus has evolved. Australia doesn't have a new vaccine
Australia is lagging behind the latest formulations being developed overseas.
www.sbs.com.au
September 18, 2026 at 7:19 AM
“So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people…” #COVID19Australia #COVID19vaccination #aushealth #auspol
Novavax Covid vaccine unlikely to get FDA approval. I can't read the whole article due to a paywall but for anyone waiting for a Novavax shot due to preference or mRNA intolerance this is bad news. Looks like Australia won't be getting that pre-winter booster.
April 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
More Australian parents refusing vitamin K for newborns amidst online misinformation
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #aushealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #aushealth
More parents refusing lifesaving vitamin K injection for newborns
Rates of parents consenting to vitamin K injections for newborns are dropping, as misinformation spreads among anti-vax communities on social media.
www.abc.net.au
July 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
More Australian parents refusing vitamin K for newborns amidst online misinformation
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #aushealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #aushealth
A re-elected Labor government would reduce the price of PBS-listed medicines to no more than $25 a script, in a major new election pledge to be included in next week’s budget. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #aushealth
PBS-listed medicine to cost no more than $25 a script if Labor re-elected
Election pledge part of Albanese’s focus on cheaper medicines as a cost-of-living measure that will also help reduce inflation
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A re-elected Labor government would reduce the price of PBS-listed medicines to no more than $25 a script, in a major new election pledge to be included in next week’s budget. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #aushealth
Disorders of gut–brain interaction, eating disorders and gastroparesis: a call for coordinated care and guidelines on nutrition support
https://buff.ly/3CQB6yZ #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
https://buff.ly/3CQB6yZ #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
December 7, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Disorders of gut–brain interaction, eating disorders and gastroparesis: a call for coordinated care and guidelines on nutrition support
https://buff.ly/3CQB6yZ #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
https://buff.ly/3CQB6yZ #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
Gympie scraps fluoride from its water supply and becomes the third region in Queensland to reject the practice in just over a year. Queensland is the only state where this is decided at a council level, thanks to the old Newman LNP government.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #qldpol #aushealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #qldpol #aushealth
Experts alarmed as Qld council votes to remove fluoride from water supply
Gympie scraps fluoride from its water supply and becomes the third region in Queensland to reject the practice in just over a year.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Gympie scraps fluoride from its water supply and becomes the third region in Queensland to reject the practice in just over a year. Queensland is the only state where this is decided at a council level, thanks to the old Newman LNP government.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #qldpol #aushealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #qldpol #aushealth
‘Burnt out, tired, frustrated’: how hospital pressures harm doctors’ mental health
https://buff.ly/3CTxb4y #medsky #healthcare #aushealth
https://buff.ly/3CTxb4y #medsky #healthcare #aushealth
December 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM
‘Burnt out, tired, frustrated’: how hospital pressures harm doctors’ mental health
https://buff.ly/3CTxb4y #medsky #healthcare #aushealth
https://buff.ly/3CTxb4y #medsky #healthcare #aushealth
"The Victorian Parliament has passed laws banning unnecessary medical interventions on children born with variations in sex characteristics."
A wonderful outcome - and tribute to the dedication of many activists over many years. #springst #aushealth #intersex
qnews.com.au/victorian-pa...
A wonderful outcome - and tribute to the dedication of many activists over many years. #springst #aushealth #intersex
qnews.com.au/victorian-pa...
Victorian Parliament passes intersex medical intervention reform
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
February 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"The Victorian Parliament has passed laws banning unnecessary medical interventions on children born with variations in sex characteristics."
A wonderful outcome - and tribute to the dedication of many activists over many years. #springst #aushealth #intersex
qnews.com.au/victorian-pa...
A wonderful outcome - and tribute to the dedication of many activists over many years. #springst #aushealth #intersex
qnews.com.au/victorian-pa...
From today's ABS population estimates for LGBTI+ people in Australia.
Great to see so many young people confident in asserting who they are.
#auspol #aushealth
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/p...
Great to see so many young people confident in asserting who they are.
#auspol #aushealth
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/p...
December 19, 2024 at 12:43 AM
From today's ABS population estimates for LGBTI+ people in Australia.
Great to see so many young people confident in asserting who they are.
#auspol #aushealth
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/p...
Great to see so many young people confident in asserting who they are.
#auspol #aushealth
www.abs.gov.au/statistics/p...
GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b 'legacy defining' Labor Medicare promise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02... #auspol #aushealth
GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b Labor Medicare promise
Labor says nine out of 10 GP visits will be free from out-of-pocket expenses by 2030 under an $8.5 billion Medicare election funding promise, to be announced by the prime minister on Sunday.
www.abc.net.au
February 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b 'legacy defining' Labor Medicare promise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02... #auspol #aushealth
100% it should be nationwide. Health shouldn't be state-based for this sort of thing. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is national, why not breast testing? #AusPol #WomensHealth #AusHealth
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
100% it should be nationwide. Health shouldn't be state-based for this sort of thing. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is national, why not breast testing? #AusPol #WomensHealth #AusHealth
How Dutton votes in parliament - be great if that was news.
#AusVotes2025 #AusHealth #Abortion #Dutton #TheyVoteForYou
#AusVotes2025 #AusHealth #Abortion #Dutton #TheyVoteForYou
Because Dutton looks out for the community by how he votes in parliament. Welcome to YOUR BODY. MY CHOICE care of Peter Dutton.
#AusHealth #AusWomen #AusPol #PeterDutton #TheyVoteForYou #AusVotes2025
#AusHealth #AusWomen #AusPol #PeterDutton #TheyVoteForYou #AusVotes2025
December 7, 2024 at 3:39 AM
How Dutton votes in parliament - be great if that was news.
#AusVotes2025 #AusHealth #Abortion #Dutton #TheyVoteForYou
#AusVotes2025 #AusHealth #Abortion #Dutton #TheyVoteForYou
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Urgent care centres for reducing the demand on emergency departments: a scoping review of published quantitative and qualitative studies
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Urgent care centres for reducing the demand on emergency departments: a scoping review of published quantitative and qualitative studies
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May 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
EMERGE Australia is an excellent organisation - supporting people with ME, carers, medical folk etc and raising the issue of lack
of care with policy makers
of care with policy makers
When someone is diagnosed with #MECFS or #long COVID, the hardest part often isn't the diagnosis itself. It's not knowing where to turn.
This is the gap #Emerge Australia fills. Telehealth support calls. Education for GPs. Guidance. Advocacy. Learn more zurl.co/kBHpS
This is the gap #Emerge Australia fills. Telehealth support calls. Education for GPs. Guidance. Advocacy. Learn more zurl.co/kBHpS
June 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
A welcome decision in the Queensland Supreme Court today, overturning the transphobic Crisafulli LNP Government's ban on public health services providing puberty blockers for trans and gender diverse young people. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court
Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18s
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A welcome decision in the Queensland Supreme Court today, overturning the transphobic Crisafulli LNP Government's ban on public health services providing puberty blockers for trans and gender diverse young people. #qldpol #aushealth #trans
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Another day, another The Australian hit-piece on gender-affirming care for trans kids. #transphobia #aushealth www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
www.theaustralian.com.au
April 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Another day, another The Australian hit-piece on gender-affirming care for trans kids. #transphobia #aushealth www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
#Australia petition: We need urgent, equitable access to a full portfolio of updated #covid vaccines inc Novavax
Link: www.change.org/p/we-need-ur...
Link: www.change.org/p/we-need-ur...
Sign the Petition
We need urgent, equitable access to a full portfolio of updated covid vaccines inc Novavax
www.change.org
October 5, 2024 at 5:11 AM
“Nothing the LNP does can dim the solidarity and power of the trans community.” #qldpol #aushealth #trans
qnews.com.au/brisbane-sna...
qnews.com.au/brisbane-sna...
Brisbane snap rally following trans puberty blocker ban reinstatement
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Nothing the LNP does can dim the solidarity and power of the trans community.” #qldpol #aushealth #trans
qnews.com.au/brisbane-sna...
qnews.com.au/brisbane-sna...
Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 19 June 2026
Reported cases in the last fortnight (1 June to 14 June 2026)
🔸COVID: 4,335 (+2.6%)
🔸Influenza: 2,921 (+30.6%)
🔸RSV: 8,910 (+16.2%)
Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...
Reported cases in the last fortnight (1 June to 14 June 2026)
🔸COVID: 4,335 (+2.6%)
🔸Influenza: 2,921 (+30.6%)
🔸RSV: 8,910 (+16.2%)
Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...
June 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM