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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/11/2025
- 07:11
Cohealth funding a lifeline for Melbourne’s most vulnerable: RACGP
Some of Victoria’s most at-risk patients will continue receiving life-saving general practice care, thanks to a Federal Government rescue plan for Melbourne’s cohealth clinics. Announced earlier today by the Federal Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler, the Australian Government will provide funding to allow cohealth to continue operations until the end of July and allow sufficient time for an independent review to be undertaken for the long-term sustainability for these vital services. Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) Victoria Chair Dr Anita Muñoz and Deputy Chair Dr Aadil Aziz have both spoken out about the importance…
- Transport Automotive
- 20/11/2025
- 07:01
2025 Used Car Safety Ratings reveal safest second-hand vehicles and the first electric ‘Safer Pick’
Australians can now access the 2025 Used Car Safety Ratings, providing the latest independent insights to help consumers choose the safest second-hand vehicles on the market. Based on data analysed by the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), this year’s ratings draw from 9.5 million vehicles and 2.6 million injured road users involved in police-reported crashes across Australia and New Zealand between 1987 and 2023. The findings show that vehicle safety continues to advance, with the average risk of death or serious injury in the event of a crash for drivers in 2023 models 43 per cent lower than in…
- Science
- 20/11/2025
- 07:00
New platform to change the story of pancreatic cancer research
A game-changing digital platform is bringing together patients, clinicians and researchers to accelerate breakthroughs in pancreatic cancer treatment. Spearheaded by WEHI researchers, the PURPLE…
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- General News, Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/11/2025
- 06:51
New report links ageism to serious healthcare harms
Wednesday, 20November2025 New report links ageism to serious healthcare harms Older Australians are feeling dismissed, excluded and stereotyped in healthcare settings,putting their access to life-saving care at risk,according to a new report by theAustralianHuman Rights Commission. TitledThe age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in health care,the reportdrawson the lived experiences of older patients, their families and sector experts,supported bya comprehensive literaturereview. It found that perceptions of ageism are widespread across all levels of the health system–from how older people are treated by staff to broader systemic and policy issues. ‘This reportholdsa mirror up to our health system. It reflects…
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- Entertainment, Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/11/2025
- 06:46
CHeBA Researcher Featured in Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember – Social Frailty Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia
National Geographic documentary andgroundbreaking research highlight the vital role of social connection in protecting brain health When National Geographic approached social health expert DrSuraj…
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- General News
- 20/11/2025
- 06:10
New Global Study: Dangerous Nighttime Heat Rising in 83% of Global Cities Analyzed, Becoming More Oppressive, And More Frequent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While leaders have been focusing on avoiding breaching the +1.5°C threshold of the Paris Agreement, a sweeping new scientific analysis of the most dangerous summer weather conditions across 100 major global cities revealed that minimum nighttime temperatures have been rising up to 10 times faster than daytime average highs in many global cities during oppressively hot weather.The study by Climate Resilience for All, Extreme Heat and the Shrinking Diurnal Range: A Global Evaluation of Oppressive Air Mass Character and Frequency, analyzed weather data over a 30-year period from 1994 to 2024, isolating the…
- Government Federal, Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/11/2025
- 06:00
Grattan backs better use of nursing expertise as part of hospital funding fix
A leading think tank says Australian hospitals must make better use of their nurses’ skills if they are to rein in spiralling costs. The Grattan Institute’s Smarter Spending: Getting better care for every hospital dollar report says governments are burning through $1.2 billion a year on avoidable hospital costs that do nothing to improve care. The report notes the evidence that spending on nurse staffing hours leads to better outcomes for people. “The Grattan Institute is backing the value of our nursing workforce – not just to patient outcomes but to bottom lines,” said Australian College of Nursing Chief Executive…
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- Technology Innovation
- 20/11/2025
- 05:57
AWS and HUMAIN Expand Partnership with NVIDIA AI Infrastructure and AWS AI Chip Deal to Drive Global AI Innovation
Expanded partnership includes deployment of up to 150,000 AI accelerators including the latest NVIDIA GB300s AI infrastructure and AWS’s Trainium chips. Amazon Bedrock will…
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- Technology Innovation
- 20/11/2025
- 04:28
Luma AI Raises $900 Million Series C Led by HUMAIN And Partners on 2 Gigawatt AI Supercluster in Saudi Arabia
New capital and compute infrastructure will accelerate Luma AI’s path towards Multimodal AGI – AI that can simulate reality and help humans in the…
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