Posts area Latest 1 of 1 Latest posts Latest posts 5.45am Parents’ fears allayed over vaccination efficacies in Toowoomba Hospital By Catherine Strohfeldt Parents of 179 babies born at the Toowoomba Base Hospital have been reassured after preemptive alerts concerning RSV vaccinations administered between May and June were sent out earlier this week. Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman said the move to contact families came from an ‘abundance of caution’.
Credit: Jamila Toderas After separate monitoring devices on a refrigerator in the hospital’s maternity unit reported different temperatures, staff raised concerns about the integrity of RSV vaccines stored in the device. Letters were sent to parents, although an investigation into the quality of the vaccines had not yet concluded. A spokesperson for Darling Downs Health said some vaccines may have been exposed to temperatures below the recommended range, but that the medicine would not adversely affect babies receiving them.
Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman said the move to contact families came from an “abundance of caution” and that newborns who received potentially ineffective vaccines would have since had follow-up shots. Both the refrigerator and monitoring devices have since been replaced. 5.
30am Queensland Health begins recycling programs for common landfill item By Catherine Strohfeldt More than 24 kilograms of medication packaging have been recycled through the Queensland Children’s Hospital blister pack recycling scheme launched three months ago. Blister packages are used to individually wrap capsule medications, such as paracetamol and ibuprofen, and can be recycled only if the aluminium foil and plastic components are separated. Currently, most recycling facilities cannot process the item and an estimated 2 billion packs end up in landfill each year.
Children’s Health Queensland funded the program with revenue from the hospital’s containers-for-change program, and posted collection points in all wards from April this year. 5.28am Red Cross reports low national blood supplies from five-year high in cancellations Thousands of blood donations are needed in the next week to replenish Australian Red Cross Lifeblood stock, as high numbers of cold and flu cases have affected winter donations.
Over the winter period, a reported 20 per cent of donors have called in sick, resulting in the highest percentage of cancellations due to illness in five years. Red Cross Lifeblood asked for 8500 additional donations Australia-wide before August 26, with 1000 coming from Queensland, where supplies are low in A and O blood types. People presenting cold and flu symptoms are required to wait a minimum of seven days after fully recovery before donating.
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24am Elsewhere in Australia and beyond Here are some of the key headlines elsewhere this morning: Shamed unionists face lifetime bans in CFMEU takeover Is it a good time to buy a house right now? Lithium fires and ‘flexi’ water pipes pushing insurance bills higher: Suncorp Fuel giant Ampol to miss target for electric vehicle charging bays Eleventh-hour bombshell as lawyers reveal Higgins won’t give evidence WA Senator Linda Reynolds (right) has taken defamation action against Brittany Higgins. Credit: Holly Thompson/ Supplied They went to space for eight days, are now stuck indefinitely, but don’t call them ‘stranded’ Far-right influencers turn against Donald Trump’s campaign Luxury yacht sinks off Sicily’s coast, British tech entrepreneur among missing A coast guard vessel and a private sail boat assist the search for missing passengers after a yacht capsized off the coast of Palermo, Italy. Credit: Getty Images 5.
16am This morning in Brisbane By Alex Condon Thank you for joining us for the Brisbane Times blog. The city can expect a p artly cloudy day with the slight chance of a shower and a maximum of 23 degrees. In today’s top local stories, Premier Steven Miles has brushed off concern about the loss of Test cricket from Brisbane’s Gabba in 2026-27 – but the public might not see the updated plans for the stadium upgrades until after the Queensland election in October.
The Gabba is the planned main venue for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Credit: Queensland government In more Gabba news, Eddie McGuire has said on a podcast that Brisbane 2032 officials should take inspiration from around the world to revamp the Gabba. NSW Police saw deadly threats from one of the men who went on to kill two Queensland officers at least five hours before the shootings, a coroner has heard.
And Ampol, which operates 1800 service stations nationally and Brisbane’s Lytton oil refinery, is falling short of its target to roll out 300 electric vehicle charging bays across the country. Latest 1 of 1 Latest Most Viewed in National Loading.
