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Australian rural healthcare workers on PAM alert

AAP - 26-09-2016

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.

 
Greater risk of mosquito-born diseases in Western Australia

AAP - 16-09-2016

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. There

 
Arthrogryposis - the congenital disorder linked to Zika

HealthTimes - 29-08-2016

Michelle Giles,

 
Human trials to begin for a new strep throat, needle-free vaccine

AAP - 03-08-2016

Australian researchers have developed a needle-free strep throat and rheumatic heart disease vaccine that they will soon start trialling in humans.

 
A new vaccine: a new hope to prevent influenza, Ebola and Zika viruses

AAP - 02-08-2016

A new vaccine, still in early developmental stages, provokes an amplified immune response in the body and may become a rapid response disease-fighter.

 
Hepatitis C being eliminated in Australia within a decade

AAP - 28-07-2016

Doctors say a rapid uptake of a new antiviral drug treatment could result in hepatitis C being eliminated in Australia within a decade. Australia

 
Four backpackers in Perth have been diagnosed with measles

AAP - 22-07-2016

Four backpackers staying in Perth have been diagnosed with measles, sparking an alert. Four backpackers visiting Perth have been diagnosed with

 
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

 
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

 
Zika vaccines worked on mice

AAP - 29-06-2016

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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