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Australian health minister advises families to receive A/H1N1 flu vaccination
Xinhua :: China | 2 days ago
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Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon on Thursday urged Australians to shed their complacent attitude and make sure their families are vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu. As the vaccine became available for children as young as six months on Thursday,...
Tags: vaccine, health, flu, h1n1, swine, influenza, infection, virus, flu vaccination, swine flu, China, Xinhua, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Immunology, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Animal virology, flu pandemic, Prevention, flu pandemic vaccine, Vaccination schedule, Social Issues, Swine influenza, H5N1, Vaccination, Nicola Roxon, Microbiology
Labor cuts cataract rebate
Brisbane :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility But today Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced she'd issue a revised regulation providing a $368 rebate. "This (new $368) regulation will apply from today to ensure all patients undergoing cataract procedures will receive a rebate despite the opposition's...
Tags: Senate, THE Labor Government, Australia, Brisbane, Nicola Roxon, Politics, Healthcare in Australia, Welfare state, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Medicare, Rebate, Lyndon B. Johnson
Public 'not ready' to raise drinking age
Sydney :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility Ms Roxon on Thursday ruled out increasing the legal drinking age to 19 on the basis that it was not one of the strategies recommended in the preventative health taskforce. Despite the government's decision, the community can still debate the issue, she...
Tags: health minister, drinking age, Ms Roxon, Australia, Sydney, Alcoholism, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Nicola Roxon, Alcoholic beverage, Social Issues
More space for headspace
Sydney :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility The official opening of the new national office comes soon after the adoption of a new governance structure for headspace and the signing of a new three year $45.2 million funding agreement with the Australian Government. The national office allows for...
Tags: mental health, Australia, Sydney, Mental disorder, Psychology, Sociology, Abnormal psychology, Disability, Social Issues, Headspace, Health, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Nicola Roxon, Kevin Rudd
Roxon won't give in on cataract rebate
Canberra :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility The Federal Government reduced the rebate at the start of this month, but ophthalmologists have been campaigning against the move. A group of eye doctors spent about an hour with Health Minister Nicola Roxon this afternoon. Russell Bach from the Society...
Tags: Australia, Canberra, Eye care professional, Nicola Roxon, Healthcare in Australia, Ophthalmology, Medicare, Cataract surgery, Rebate, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Politics
Push to raise legal drinking age above 18
Perth :: Australia | 15 days ago
Credibility The legislative change could save thousands of lives, according to experts. An estimated 17,000 lives have been saved in the US in the 16 years since its national drinking age was lifted to 21, The Courier-Mail reports . Drug Free Australia executive...
Tags: drinking age, Australia, Perth, Tourism in Australia, Drinking culture, Schoolies, Nicola Roxon, Alcoholic beverage, Alcohol, Australian culture, Schoolies week, Drug addiction, Substance-related disorders, Binge drinking, Alcoholism, Alcohol abuse, Health Medical Pharma
New checks for bio-terror agent handlers
Sydney :: Australia | 16 days ago
Credibility Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the change will enhance Australia's capacity to secure biological agents of diseases such as anthrax, smallpox and the plague...There were already stringent requirements covering such agents, Ms Roxon said. Australian...
Tags: Senate, Australia, Sydney, Biological agent, Smallpox, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Nicola Roxon, Anthrax, Healthcare in the United States, Health insurance, United States National Health Care Act, Health care in Australia, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in Australia, Medicare, Social Issues, Politics, Health care system, Health economics, Health policy, Healthcare
America's Cup skip tells teens to go dry
Canberra :: Australia | 16 days ago
Credibility Bertrand, who was at the helm of Australia II in 1983, will front the Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix campaign at Parliament House in Canberra. He will be joined by Castella and federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon as part of the DrinkWise campaign. Professor...
Tags: Ian Hickie, Australia, Canberra, Binge drinking, Alcoholism, Alcoholic beverage, Legal drinking age, Wine and health, Alcohol, Drinking culture, Schoolies week, Health Medical Pharma, Robert de Castella, Nicola Roxon, Castella
Private health insurance membership up
Sydney :: Australia | 17 days ago
Credibility A total of 44.7 per cent of all Australians were covered by private hospital insurance in the September 2009 quarter. This is the highest proportion of people with hospital insurance since December 2001. More than 75,000 extra people are now covered by...
Tags: health, labor, hospital insurance, health insurance, Australia, Sydney, Health care system, Insurance, Medicine in China, Health care in Australia, Health policy, Health economics, Healthcare, Social Issues, Rebate, Business Finance, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Nicola Roxon, Politics
Labor compromises on cataract rebate
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Senate struck out the Government's decision to halve the $600 rebate and the Opposition introduced a private members bill to keep the current rebate in place. But Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the bill is unworkable and unconstitutional. She will...
Tags: Senate, Nicola Roxon, cataract surgery, health minister, minister nicola, medicare rebate
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