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Four times more people than predicted by Treasury may go without private health insurance as a result of changes to the private health rebate and Medicare levy surcharge, Catholic ...
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced the awarding of six 2009 NICS Fellowships to help improve the use of evidence in key areas including cardiovascular ...
Major health reform seems to have been placed on the back burner in considerations of the Federal Budget, according to Tony McBride, Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance ...
The AMA says tonight’s budget does nothing to provide Australians with confidence that their health needs will be met in the face of the recession. There is nothing to cushion ...
In the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government is delivering a record $64 billion boost to health and hospital funding to drive vital reform in the nation’s health and hospital system.
The AMA has urged government to ensure the importance Australians place on health is reflected in the budget process.
The Rudd Government has announced a further $100 million for the new Lifehouse at RPA cancer care, research and education facility at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
The projects are funded through the council's ‘Nanoscience through Engineering to Application' programme, which supports research that aims to develop nanotechnologies for the targeted ...
Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been declining since the late 1960s, resulting in a substantial saving of lives, and in the extension ...
Minister for Science and Medical Research Jodi McKay will launch an Australian first research trial, which aims to deliver brain-saving stroke treatment to rural communities.
Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, recently announced 342 funding grants worth more than $6 million, for one-off funding grants for community-based respite services across the ...
The AMA welcomes the commitment the Rudd Government has shown over the past 12 months to closing the Indigenous health gap.
Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, has announced the preparation of the first oral and dental health care plan for nursing home residents.
The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) has welcomed the interim report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission this week.
$10 million of new Government funding announced provides a vital step towards addressing targeted research priorities identified in 2007 in Research Australia’s report Healthy Planet, ...
By ignoring the health sector in the recent stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, ...
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has announced $12 million to be invested in rural and regional health infrastructure under the Government’s new National Rural and ...
CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide – the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records.
The fifth annual report on public sector medical indemnity claims, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, shows the number of new public sector medical indemnity ...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced $5.6 million in funding for new research and clinical trial initiatives to reduce the impact of cancer on all Australians.
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