Diseases
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Sarcopenia - a muscle-wasting condition affects thousands AAP - 10-11-2016
Australia's leading expert on ageing and musculoskeletal research says too many doctors are "ignorant" about the muscle-wasting disease Sarcopenia.
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A hope for HIV AAP - 10-11-2016
Research by a collaboration of five of Britain's top universities has yielded exciting progress in finding a cure for HIV, scientists say.
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Australian rural healthcare workers on PAM alert AAP - 10-11-2016
As summer nears, Australian rural healthcare workers are being advised to be on alert for a deadly brain disease after the death of a baby boy in Townsville.
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Greater risk of mosquito-born diseases in Western Australia AAP - 10-11-2016
High mosquito numbers are expected in WA as the weather warms up, with people urged to be alert and take precautions to avoid being bitten.
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Human trials to begin for a new strep throat, needle-free vaccine AAP - 11-11-2016
Australian researchers have developed a needle-free strep throat and rheumatic heart disease vaccine that they will soon start trialling in humans.
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A new vaccine: a new hope to prevent influenza, Ebola and Zika viruses AAP - 11-11-2016
A new vaccine, still in early developmental stages, provokes an amplified immune response in the body and may become a rapid response disease-fighter.
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Hepatitis C being eliminated in Australia within a decade AAP - 11-11-2016
Doctors say a rapid uptake of a new antiviral drug treatment could result in hepatitis C being eliminated in Australia within a decade. Australia
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Four backpackers in Perth have been diagnosed with measles AAP - 11-11-2016
Four backpackers staying in Perth have been diagnosed with measles, sparking an alert. Four backpackers visiting Perth have been diagnosed
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Expect more superbug cases, experts say AAP - 12-07-2016
A bacterial gene resistant to all antibiotics has appeared in the United States and is worrying epidemiologists. After two confirmed US cases
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Deadly bug strikes in a day HealthTimes - 08-07-2016
A deadly bacteria that can be picked up by a simple sniff can travel to the brain and spinal cord in just 24 hours, a new Griffith University and Bond University
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Zika vaccines worked on mice AAP - 08-07-2016
Mice given experimental Zika vaccines were protected when exposed to the virus but it will be years before a finished vaccine is available for humans.
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Australian researchers discovered a way to treat herpes AAP - 08-07-2016
Researchers at Canberra's Australian National University have made a new discovery about herpes that could help keep the infectious virus in check.
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Hendra vaccine trial for humans has ended AAP - 08-07-2016
Results of a Hendra virus vaccine trial will be announced later this year although Queensland Health reports there were no adverse effects.
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QLD research unlocks key to long-term malaria vaccine AAP - 01-06-2016
Malaria vaccines could one day last more than a few years if a new study by Queensland researchers is anything to go by. Queensland researchers
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US Senate approves $US1.1b to combat Zika Virus AAP - 20-05-2016
The US Senate has approved $US1.1 billion of funding to fight the Zika virus, which health officials say causes developmental problems in babies.
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2nd Sydney patient dies in Legionnaires' outbreak AAP - 18-05-2016
The second person this year has died from Legionnaires' disease in Sydney, and health authorities are dealing with a new outbreak in the city's inner west.
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150 countries battle to eradicate polio AAP - 18-04-2016
Global eradication of polio could be declared by the end of this decade, as a final push against the viral disease begins in 150 countries.
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Genetic 'superheroes' could help save lives AAP - 12-04-2016
Thirteen people who have been the focus of DNA research are apparently totally unaffected by their faulty genes, scientists say. Studying the
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US-made dengue vaccine 100% effective AAP - 21-07-2023
Scientists say the approach they have used in developing a new dengue vaccine could also work in creating a vaccine against the Zika virus.
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