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Providence Therapeutics Announces World-First Personalized Pediatric mRNA Cancer Vaccine Trial
Date of Posting: 05-02-2026
Landmark Australian study opens new possibilities for children with aggressive brain tumors and signals opportunity for Canada and USA. CALGARY, AB and BRISBANE, Australia , Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Therapeutics, a Canadian clinical Read More...
Number of young Australians with dementia to soar
Date of Posting: 05-02-2026
More than a million Australians are projected to develop dementia in the next four decades, with the number of early onset cases expected to soar, advocates say. Data released on Thursday reveals people living with young onset dementia, when the s Read More...
The silent addiction unfolding in Australian classrooms
Date of Posting: 05-02-2026
Nicotine addiction is taking hold of a new, vulnerable generation of Australians as research shows the crisis is unfolding quietly and in plain sight. Twelve per cent of teenagers nationwide use at least one nicotine product, while 15 per cent are Read More...
'Too long': green light for more GPs to tackle ADHD
Date of Posting: 03-02-2026
Australians will soon find it much smoother to be diagnosed and treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Victoria has joined a growing list of states to give the green light for general practitioners to tackle ADHD, which is estimated Read More...
Thriving Kids aims to 'mainstream' disability support
Date of Posting: 03-02-2026
Families, schools and early learning providers will bear greater responsibility for caring for children with developmental delays and mild autism in a major shake-up of Australia's disability support system. The $4 billion Thriving Kids progra Read More...
'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications
Date of Posting: 03-02-2026
While weight-loss medications are often hailed as wonder drugs for improving the lives of people battling obesity, dietitians are increasingly concerned about the lack of research into long-term nutritional health impacts. At least half a million Read More...
Minister can't quantify NDIS savings post-hospital deal
Date of Posting: 02-02-2026
The health minister has been unable to quantify how much reforms to the NDIS will save the federal budget after a long-awaited deal was struck on hospital funding. The Albanese government has locked in a hospital-funding agreement to provide an ex Read More...
Blood test could bolster brain cancer survival rates
Date of Posting: 01-02-2026
A simple blood test could improve the lives of brain cancer patients and boost tragically low survival rates. Australian scientists have developed a diagnostic device that reads tiny biological particles in a patient's bloodstream to analyse h Read More...
Australia does what it can as US aid cuts savage PNG
Date of Posting: 01-02-2026
In January last year, Havini Vira was overseeing a climate resilience agriculture project across Papua New Guinea. The three-year program funded by the United States was nearing completion with the distribution of seedlings to communities nation-w Read More...
No concern over delay to kids' autism program, says PM
Date of Posting: 01-02-2026
The delay of an early intervention program for children linked to National Disability Insurance Scheme costs isn't a mark of uncertainty, Anthony Albanese insists. State and territory leaders have agreed to help limit annual growth of the NDIS Read More...
Long overdue states sign off on 25b hospital deal
Date of Posting: 30-01-2026
Medical groups have welcomed a multibillion-dollar boost to public hospitals, but further reforms are being sought to improve patient care. States and territories will receive $25 billion extra in commonwealth funding for hospitals following a mee Read More...
NDIS autism changes delayed as funding deal struck
Last Updated: 30-01-2026
A program for early intervention autism services will be delayed as part of efforts to deliver urgent hospital funding. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with premiers and chief ministers in Sydney on Friday for a "landmark" national c Read More...
Ozempic-style drugs prove to be a tailwind for Resmed
Last Updated: 30-01-2026
Resmed shares have climbed, with the medical device-maker saying Ozempic-style weight loss drugs appear to be having the opposite effect on its sales than many expected. As GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro surged in popularity a few years ago, Read More...
Refocusing Out-of-Hospital Care with AI and Process Automation
Last Updated: 30-01-2026
By Andrew Williams, Health Industry Lead, Appian Healthcare delivery is rapidly evolving beyond traditional hospital environments into patients' homes, community clinics and mobile health units. As hospital care moves outside of traditional Read More...
Alarm raised over vaccination rates in twin pregnancy
Date of Posting: 29-01-2026
Women pregnant with twins are being urged to take up vaccinations for whooping cough and influenza, with assurances they won't lead to higher risks of birth complications. Vaccinations during pregnancy can help protect babies once they are bor Read More...
Towns deserted as locals seek relief from roasting heat
Date of Posting: 29-01-2026
In the bone dry heat of a dusty outback town, the streets are ghosted. "All the blokes working on the council here will go home at lunchtime," southwest Queensland's Bulloo mayor John Ferguson - better known as "Tractor" - Read More...
'Silent killer': heat on health as hot spell drags on
Date of Posting: 29-01-2026
Australians are being warned an ongoing heatwave in many parts of the nation is a public health emergency and lives are at risk. From Queensland to South Australia, states are roasting in an extended heatwave that has shattered records as the merc Read More...
The Long Game Career: Designing Work You Can Still Do in 20 Years
Last Updated: 29-01-2026
Thinking Beyond the Next Roster Healthcare careers are often built around short-term demands. Rosters, waitlists, KPIs, staff shortages. Most professionals are trained to focus on what’s needed now: the next shift, the next patient, the nex Read More...
The Side-Step Career Move: How Health Professionals Redesign Their Role Without Starting Over
Last Updated: 29-01-2026
For many health professionals, the idea of a “new career” feels too drastic. After years of study, registration and clinical experience, starting again from scratch is rarely appealing — or realistic. Yet staying exactly where you a Read More...
What No One Tells You About Changing Specialties
Date of Posting: 29-01-2026
Changing specialties is often described as a practical decision. You retrain, you learn new protocols, you adjust to a different patient group. On paper, it looks logical and manageable. What’s talked about far less is what happens internally & Read More...
Troubled hospital becomes surgery hub to cut backlog
Date of Posting: 28-01-2026
An embattled hospital with a chequered track record will host a specialised surgery centre to reduce wait times. Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital, which had come under fire for the death of toddler Joe Massa in 2024, will become the site for Read More...
Heat reprieve for some but others set to swelter again
Date of Posting: 28-01-2026
Heatwave conditions are set to continue across inland regions of southeast Australia, as coastal cities enjoy a brief reprieve after record-breaking temperatures. Residents living at Renmark, in South Australia's Riverland region, experienced Read More...
Woman's overdose death sparks medicine record changes
Date of Posting: 28-01-2026
Patients and their doctors will get a full view of their medicine history in an online record following reforms sparked by a woman's overdose death. Erin Collins, 24, died in August last year after she doctor shopped for medications to treat m Read More...
Infant formula recall hits Danone, Nestle shares
Date of Posting: 27-01-2026
Shares in Danone have slumped as French company Vitagermine widened a recall of baby formula on concerns over contamination, affecting four manufacturers so far and threatening large losses for the firms. Companies affected by the pr Read More...
The Value of Mentorship in Nursing
Date of Posting: 27-01-2026
Starting any new career can be daunting. While you might have spent years training on paper, being thrown into a role feels nothing like the textbooks, as you find yourself second-guessing decisions at 2am, worrying you’ve missed something impo Read More...
Olympic legend, top silks score highest honours
Date of Posting: 26-01-2026
From an Olympic legend to the sharpest legal minds, groundbreaking researchers and leading politicians, Australians from all walks of life have been recognised for their contributions to the nation. Some 680 people were recognised with awards in t Read More...
Champions for women's health and equality honoured
Last Updated: 26-01-2026
Carolyn Frohmader doesn't think she looks like someone you'd expect to have an honour after her name. "Half my head is shaved, the other half is blue, I'm not posh," she said.[subscribe] "I'm someone who doesn' Read More...
Landmark FDA Move: First Quality Control Protocol for Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) Sets New Ther
Date of Posting: 26-01-2026
TIANJIN, China, Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark move for the cell therapy industry, a Device Master File (DMF) describing the first dedicated quality control standard for Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) was accepted by the U.S. Food and Read More...
Fire with fire: growing fight to shift booze culture
Date of Posting: 25-01-2026
Shanna Whan remembers the story of a bloke who went to a country pub and ordered a schooner of alcohol-free beer. "The bartender threw it at him and said, 'I'm not charging you for that camel's piss, get out of my pub'," Read More...
WHO says reasons given by US for withdrawal are untrue
Last Updated: 25-01-2026
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the reasons given by the United States to withdraw from the international body "are untrue". "As a founding member of @WHO, the United States of Americ Read More...
The chatbot will see you now: why AI is tackling health
Date of Posting: 25-01-2026
Before seeing a doctor about a rash, sleeping issue or chronic heart condition, have you considered asking a chatbot for advice? It is the suggestion of leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI, which has flagged plans to launch a dedicated Read More...
US officially withdraws from World Health Organisation
Date of Posting: 23-01-2026
The United States has officially left the World Health Organisation after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the US and globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the UN health agency's management of the &# Read More...
Doing a variety of exercises could help you live longer
Date of Posting: 22-01-2026
Regularly doing a mix of exercises such as walking, running and cycling could lead to a longer life. That's what researchers say in a paper, published in UK journal BMJ Medicine, that looked at studies of 111,000 women and men over more than t Read More...
Trisol Medical Announces Positive Results from U.S. Early Feasibility Study of Its Transcatheter Tri
Date of Posting: 22-01-2026
Results demonstrate a favorable safety profile and functional improvements in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation including patients with reduced right ventricle function YOKNEAM, Israel, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Trisol Medical, a cl Read More...
Date of Posting: 21-01-2026
The 2026 edition of the Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) is now available in print and online with essential updates for the quality use of medicines. The 27 th edition of the AMH has been published and includes information on new drugs availab Read More...
Dentist faces sexual accusations by three women
Date of Posting: 21-01-2026
A Sydney dentist is in further strife in court as the number of women who have made sexual abuse claims against him grows. Maged Fouad Farag, 61, was first accused in September 2024 of molesting one victim during a job trial at his clinic in Rockd Read More...
Enraged health workers bring strike to premier's door
Date of Posting: 21-01-2026
A state premier's office has been swarmed as health workers threaten more clinical and political backlash over a long-running pay dispute. Melbourne CBD streets were brought to a standstill on Tuesday as a large crowd of Health Workers Union m Read More...
Australia urged to step up to help fill US aid void
Date of Posting: 20-01-2026
Pressure remains on Australia to increase foreign aid, a year on from the United States' catastrophic shake-up of development support. Tuesday marks the anniversary of President Donald Trump's return to the White House and an unravelling o Read More...
TAS:Disability care breaches prompt million-dollar fine
Last Updated: 20-01-2026
A disability care provider has been fined $1.1 million for providing sub-standard care and failing to report more than 400 incidents, including relating to alleged abuse, neglect and sexual misconduct, to the regulator within required time frames. Read More...
Ageing, smoking, oral bacteria and genetic mutations linked to higher stomach cancer risk
Date of Posting: 20-01-2026
SINGAPORE, Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team of researchers, have uncovered a complex interplay of factors that increase the risk Read More...
