World Cancer Day 2021: committing to a cancer-free future

Today (February 4, 2021) marks World Cancer Day (WCD), a global cancer awareness initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). This year’s WCD theme of ‘I Am and I Will’ urges the global community to pledge their commitment to positive action towards creating a cancer-free future. In 2018, an estimated 18 million…

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COVID-19 vaccine update

The urgency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic has seen some of the world’s leading research teams working tirelessly to find a vaccine for the virus. Impressively, while most vaccines require years of research and testing, this has facilitated the development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines in a matter of months, with many trials still in progress.…

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Australian healthcare industry supports outcomes of Federal Budget 2020-21

Industry leaders across pharmaceutical, med-tech, biotech, pharmacy and community health have been quick to praise the Government’s record four-year injection of $467 billion into health announced in last night’s 2020-2021 Budget. This includes $2.8 billion for Australia’s medicines industry – the first significant investment since May 2018 and a considerable win for Medicines Australia (MA) and…

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Telehealth services extended for six months

The Federal Government announced yesterday they will be extending the Medicare-subsidised rebates for COVID-19 telehealth consultations for a further six months, offering ongoing assistance to patients and medical practices during the global health pandemic. The telehealth scheme, first implemented at the end of March when the pandemic sent Australia into lockdown, was due to lapse…

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Celebrating an exclusive 18-year-long commitment to health + wellness communications

Leading health + wellness communications agency and exclusive Australian representative and Asia Pacific Hub Lead for GLOBALHealthPR, VIVA! Communications, is celebrating its 18th birthday today – a significant milestone and testimony to the agency’s longstanding commitment to excellence and innovation in the healthcare arena. VIVA!s birthday celebration today falls in the wake of an unprecedented…

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