The CSA Group—a not-for-profit standards organization—released for review a new draft standard on the "Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators" (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically including ...

New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, ...

Massive changes to how millions of Aussies receive healthcare are now in place. The changes impact Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), two core pillars of Australia’s healthcare ...

Breast cancer has emerged as the most common cancer among women in India, with Hyderabad recording the highest incidence ...

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A contested component of the new system is that older Australians will pay for more of their non-clinical care, such as ...

The number of men in the UK living to a very old age is increasing faster than the rate for women, helping to push the ...

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died aged 90. His family said he died peacefully yesterday, surrounded by his nine children, 18 grandchildren and wife Joan. “Over the period of his illness, Jim ...

Italian TV star and model Pamela Genini has died aged 29 after being allegedly stabbed to death by her partner. According to reports, the Italian entrepreneur was stabbed repeatedly yesterday on a ...

The changes on November 1, come amid reports of a staffing crisis in the troubled sector, that home care providers have been hiring debt collectors to chase elderly people in arrears and people are ...

Actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in EastEnders, has died aged 88. Caunter played the character for nine years, from 1994 to 2003. In the BBC soap, Roy, a car dealer, was a love interest for ...

Actor Tony Caunter, famed for his role as Roy Evans in EastEnders, has died at the age of 88, his family have confirmed. Caunter portrayed the character between 1994 and 2003, with the car dealer ...