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1 month ago | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
The Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) has described the 2025–26 federal Budget as “very disappointing” for the health and medical research sector.
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1 month ago | 
aarp.org | Lauren Davis
Getty Images Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Officials in New Mexico confirmed that Betsy Arakawa, an accomplished musician and wife of Gene Hackman, died at the age of 65 from complications of hantavirus, a family of viruses carried by rodents like rats and mice.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
Three months after mysterious ball-shaped debris first started washing up on NSW beaches, the balls appear to be back with a vengeance.
Preliminary analysis of the original debris, which was found on beaches in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs back in October, found it was consistent with the makeup of tar balls — dark, spherical, sticky blobs formed from weathered oil which have been appearing on coastlines around the word for decades.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
verywellhealth.com | Lauren Davis
The standard mammogram is sometimes used with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect or rule out breast cancer for people at high risk of the disease. Breast MRIs can detect tumors that mammograms may miss, but they also lead to false positive results. Usually, breast MRIs are more expensive than mammograms and the cost isn't always covered by health insurance.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
In a milestone for schizophrenia treatment, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride) for oral use in adults. The antipsychotic drug targets cholinergic receptors as opposed to dopamine receptors, which has long been the standard of care.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
Victorian health authorities say they have located and disinfected the source of the recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has claimed two lives and hospitalised dozens more.
In an alert issued on 29 July, the Victorian Department of Health announced that it had identified an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with higher-than-expected numbers of cases across multiple locations in metropolitan Melbourne since 26 July.
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May 30, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
The Australian Government has formally recognised the significant contribution of the Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, to advancing gender equality in STEM as it announces the functions of the Ambassador will be amalgamated into other programs. Today, 31 May, has been confirmed by Harvey-Smith as her last day in the role.
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May 28, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
Australia was rocked by several cases of avian influenza (bird flu) last week — with two Victorian egg farms infected by the H7N3 subtype of the virus, the low pathogenic H9N2 detected in a Western Australian mixed poultry farm and one human case of H5N1 in a returned traveller.
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May 22, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
Two separate instances of avian influenza (bird flu) were reported in Victoria yesterday — one in a child who returned from overseas earlier this year, and the other in the form of an outbreak on an egg farm.
Avian influenza is caused by an influenza type A virus that typically infects birds. Some subtypes are more likely to cause disease and death in poultry; these are known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses.
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May 14, 2024 | 
labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis
Australia’s science bodies have been broadly positive about the 2024–25 federal Budget — particularly the announcement of a strategic examination of Australia’s research and development (R&D) system.
According to Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, greater investment in R&D by businesses in Australia is fundamental to maximising the impact of science, research and innovation on our long-term prosperity, security and wellbeing.
