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COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Awarded Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Research on Covid Vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 17, 2021

NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2021)—Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing

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Chronic Pain
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Australian Breakthrough Brings Relief To Chronic Pain Sufferers
Lourdes Antenor Aug 5, 2021

Relief is finally at hand for people who have been suffering chronic pain such as arthritis, chronic back pain, endometriosis, lung inflammation, acute respiratory disease,

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lymphoma
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy
Lourdes Antenor Aug 5, 2021

Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer (lymphoma) will now have access to a highly specialised CAR-T cell therapy, as the Morrison Government

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Innovative
Aged Care, Healthcare
Innovative researchers encouraged to find breakthroughs in dementia
Healthcare Channel Jul 29, 2021

Innovative Experts and talented emerging researchers have an opportunity to access almost $4.8 million in funding for Project Grants, Fellowships and Innovation Grants through the

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family
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
What works in family planning and reproductive health programmes?
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

The following are real-life lessons from family planning interventions and reproductive health programmes in 15 different countries.   Paola is part of a community-based, partner-led programme to reduce pregnancy

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Germany
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Germany launches new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and

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Papua
COVID-19, Healthcare
Papua New Guinea needs Australia’s help in securing vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Apr 12, 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has left the door open to the possibility of sending Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines to Papua New Guinea and the Australian Medical

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embryo
Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Pioneer research leads to new insight into formation of the human embryo
Healthcare Channel Apr 9, 2021

Pioneering research led by experts from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute has provided new insight into the formation of the human embryo. The

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cancer
Healthcare, Hospitals/Clinics, Learning - Topics
Why some cancer drugs may possibly be ineffective against tumours
Healthcare Channel Apr 9, 2021

A possible explanation for why many cancer drugs that kill tumour cells in mouse models won’t work in human trials has been found by researchers

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stem cells
Healthcare News
New discovery could help reactivate aging stem cells in the brain
Lourdes Antenor Feb 25, 2021

As people get older, their neural stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and produce new neurons, leading to a decline in memory function. Researchers

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parasitic worm infection
Healthcare News
Parasitic worm infection that can turn fatal with use of corticosteroids
Lourdes Antenor Jan 4, 2021

Strongyloidiasis – a parasitic worm infection – is estimated to affect millions of people and is associated with marginalized communities who often walk barefoot. While

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campaign
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Topics
Campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco launched by WHO
Lourdes Antenor Dec 10, 2020

Campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.”  launched by the World Health Organization. The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and

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