Australia celebrates 7th World Rare Disease Day today – February 29, 2016

Today (February 29, 2016) marks World Rare Disease Day – a public health awareness day designed to shed light on the daily lives of patients, families and their carers living with a rare disease through patient organisations, medical professionals, researchers, politicians and industry, by demonstrating solidarity against rare diseases. This year’s theme for World Rare…

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VIVA! staffer set to join the Greatest Shave – February 26, 2016

Each year in March, 150,000 Australians are sponsored to shave or colour their hair to fund research and support Aussies living with blood cancer. Tragically, each day, 34 Aussies are diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma, many of whom turn to The Leukaemia Foundation for help. Blood cancer remains the third biggest cause of cancer…

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VIVA! Communications gets into #DigiSights 2016 in Mumbai – February 18, 2016

With a buzz surrounding the start of DigiSights 2016 – Digital Marketing Conference for Pharma & Healthcare, host Dinesh Chandakar, Managing Director of Global Health PR India partner, MediaMedic Communications, the proud digital agency hosting the event in Mumbai, welcomed all Global Health PR partners to the conference. Upon welcoming the attendees, Dinesh invited the…

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Team VIVA! stages dynamic, interactive annual workshop – February 10, 2016

Team VIVA! took a day out of the office this week to host the company’s annual team-building workshop, held at the beautiful seaside restaurant, Ripples Chowder Bay, Mosman, Sydney. The day included team-building activities, brainstorming workshops, monetised quizzes, and focused on the growth and development of VIVA! staff. The off-site workshop also included special guest…

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Synthetic cannabis fatalities prompt legal debate – February 8, 2016

Around 8pm on January 30, 2015, the body of, Dean Shields, 17, Maitland, was identified next to a drain in the Hunter Valley Region of NSW. According to a SMH report just hours before he died, Dean used synthetic cannabis known as ‘Chronic’ or ‘Kronic’, which police believe was directly related to the teenager’s death.…

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