Pharmaceuticals

PBS
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology, Public Health and Careers
New PBS listing helps Australians with rare genetic condition
Nina Alvarez Nov 23, 2021

From 1 December 2021, Australians with a rare and potentially deadly condition, hereditary angioedema, will be able to obtain potentially life changing medication through the

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gynaecological cancer
Healthcare, Medical Science and Technology
New medical study links genes with gynaecological cancer
Nina Alvarez Nov 23, 2021

Researchers are hopeful a new drug treatment can be used for a gynaecological cancer after identifying genes that appear to increase the risk of the

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HIV-positive
Healthcare, International News, Medical Science and Technology
HIV-positive patient’s immune system may have cured her of infection
Nina Alvarez Nov 18, 2021

A woman diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2013 may have achieved a natural sterilisation cure without stem cell transplant. A sterilising cure is achieved when replication-competent

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antimicrobial
Healthcare, Medical Science and Technology
Continuing advancements to curb antimicrobial resistance
Nina Alvarez Nov 18, 2021

As World Antimicrobial Awareness Week begins, the Morrison Government continues to push forward the essential work required to protect Australians from antimicrobial resistant disease. Each

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disorders
Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology, Mental Health
Monash University launches treatment centre for mental health disorders
Nina Alvarez Nov 11, 2021

Monash University today will launch an end-to-end, cross-disciplinary Centre to drive novel psychiatric drug discovery, as well as new approaches to neuromedicine-assisted psychotherapies, for the

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healthcare workers
COVID-19, Hospitals
Healthcare workers mandated to have COVID-19 vaccinations by Tasmanian Government
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

Healthcare workers have been mandated to have COVID-19 vaccinations in Tasmania, as the government’s number one priority since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has

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Pfizer and BioNTech
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine COMIRNATY Receives Full U.S. FDA Approval for Individuals 16 Years and Older
Healthcare Channel Aug 24, 2021

Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Biologics License Application (BLA) for COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) to prevent COVID-19

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experiments
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
New case study reveals scientists’ subjecting non-human primates to cruel and irrelevant fear experiments.
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

On August 19 2021, Humane Research Australia (HRA) will release a new case study questioning the scientific relevance of fear experiments conducted on marmosets by researchers at

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THANZ
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Full statement from ATAGI and THANZ on Thrombosis with TTS and the use of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Lourdes Antenor May 25, 2021

Read this joint statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ)

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plasma
Hospitals
Convalescent plasma may improve survival with severe COVID-19
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

A randomized double-blind controlled trial of convalescent plasma for adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19 found that mortality at 28 days in the treatment arm was

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firefighters
Healthcare News, International News, Medical Science and Technology
Volunteer firefighters have higher levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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human
Hospitals
Human organ chips enable COVID-19 drug repurposing
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

A Wyss Institute-led collaboration spanning four research labs and hundreds of miles has used the Institute’s human organ-on-a-chip (Organ Chip) technology to identify the antimalarial

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