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International Women’s Day urging the global community to #BeBoldForChange – March 8, 2017
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2017) has kicked off globally. Corporations, governments, charities and academic institutions are joining forces worldwide today in celebration of women, many under the umbrella theme #BeBoldForChange. UN Women are hosting an array of brekkie and lunch events nationwide today to fundraise for women globally. Prime Minister, The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull…
Read MoreNew advisory council for Medicines Australia – March 6, 2017
Medicines Australia (MA) has today (March 6, 2017) announced the appointment of 10 members to its new advisory council. Dr Anna Lavelle will act as MA Chair, and will be joined by ex-Chief Scientist of Australia, Professor Ian Chubb AC, Dr Jeff Harmer who has held many senior roles in various Commonwealth departments, and a…
Read MoreAustralian research lab training supercomputer to identify eye abnormalities
Advancements in assistive image analytics and deep learning technology could in the future help doctors in the fight against preventable blindness. The Melbourne based IBM researchers have trained a research version of Watson (their latest computing system) to recognise abnormalities in retina images. According to the researchers, this could be developed to offer doctors…
Read MoreMisplaced parental consent forms compromising teen vaccination coverage
Parental consent forms are critical to adolescent vaccination in schools. Up to one in three teens are missing out on National Immunisation Program (NIP) funded vaccinations due to parental consent forms being lost, or not returned to schools. The NIP is an immunisation schedule, with funding for recommended vaccines for all ages. Each State has…
Read MoreState government announces free meningococcal vaccine for NSW teens
Following substantial pressure from the lobby group, Meningococcal Australia, the NSW Government has today (February 6, 2017) announced that they will roll out a free meningococcal vaccine to all at-risk students aged 17-18 State-wide Last month, the Federal Government announced the coordination of a national response to the disease, after a noticeable increase in the…
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