In the media
Call for comment on an urgent proposal to prohibit the
retail sale of pure and highly concentrated caffeine products
FSANZ is calling for public comment on an urgent proposal
to prohibit the retail sale of pure and highly concentrated
caffeine food products in Australia and New Zealand. FSANZ CEO Mark
Booth said risk assessment confirmed pure or highly purified forms
of caffeine pose an unacceptably high risk to consumers (01
November 2019).
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Health statement on current Queensland bush fires
Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young
is advising Queenslanders to look out for themselves and their
family and friends' health during the current bush fire
situation across the state (10 November 2019).
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Queensland Health's history of software mishaps is
proof of how hard e-health can be
A major difficulty with "monolithic" (that is,
all-in-one systems developed by a single company) e-health systems
is that a single design team is attempting to solve an incredibly
broad set of complex problems.Queensland Health's current
adoption of massive centralised systems imposed from the top down
is extremely hard to get right (08 November 2019).
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Measles outbreak takes hold in Brisbane, 23 cases now
recorded
Health authorities say the timing "couldn't be
worse" as a major measles outbreak takes hold in
Brisbane's south, centring around a local school.Metro South
Hospital and Health Service said there were 23 confirmed cases of
measles from Brisbane's southside, Logan and Redland Coast
areas (08 November 2019).
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Tangalooma Resort guests told to scrap previous advice
as possible groundwater contamination investigated
Health authorities investigating the contamination of
drinking water at Tangalooma Island resort are looking into the
possibility that sewage or other contaminants have polluted the
island's natural ground water (06 November 2019).
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