Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "health"
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1.4K1Featured - Row 1Coal Kills 800 Australians Each Year
Air pollution from Australia’s ageing and increasingly unreliable coal-burning power stations is responsible for 800 premature deaths, 14,000 asthma symptoms among children...
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2.3KPolitics
Access to Medicinal Cannabis Still Nigh Impossible
Despite being formally legal, medicinal cannabis is still extremely difficult to obtain in Tasmania even in cases of genuine need.
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1.8KAgriculture
Intensive Animal Farming is ‘Biggest Risk’ for Pandemics
Intensive animal farming is the 'single most risky human behaviour' for pandemics, says major new report
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Massive Jump in Telehealth Usage
Minister for Health Sarah Courtney has releaved that there has been a huge increase in telehealth usage in recent months in Tasmania....
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Towards More Walkability
The University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has been awarded $571,000 to assess and improve walkability in Tasmania’s regional and...
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1.6KFamily
Carbon Monoxide Safety
Tasmanians are being urged to pay attention to carbon monoxide safety after the overnight charcoal grill incident. Unfortunately, every year there are...
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1.2KFood
Food Star Ratings Need Reform
The voluntary system of food health star ratings in Australia needs reform, say food policy and health experts.
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Tasmanians Urged to get their Flu Shots
Media release – Sarah Courtney, Minister for Health, 29 June 2020 Tasmanians urged to get their flu shots The announcements around easing...
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They Said It: More of this week’s News in Brief
ABC cuts, hospitality, greenhouse gas emissions, works funding, gender law reform, interstate travel and a big ice seizure were in the news...
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Vaping? Experts Comment
Vaping is still on the outer, with many experts feeling that smoking policy across the board needs further development.
