Australia links antidepressants with post-surgery delirium

Older people taking a medicine used to treat anxiety and insomnia – nitrazepam – as well as those on antidep...

December 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
$540 M to continue and expand Australia’s COVID-19 response

The Australian government has invested a further $540 million in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including significant...

December 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia lays focus on creating continuous medical education pathway

One hundred future doctors will be training in the Darling Downs and South West regions in Australia within three years ...

December 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Victoria makes Australia’s first mRNA vaccine candidate

Victorian scientists and manufacturers have created Australia’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate – Aust...

December 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Bionic eye study in Australia paves way towards human trials

A bionic eye being developed by a team of biomedical researchers at the University of Sydney and University of New South...

December 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia announces $50 M investment for HIV and blood borne viruses

The Australian government marked World AIDS Day on 1 December by announcing over $50 million in new funding to extend ac...

December 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $37.2 M for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder support

The Australian government is investing more than $37 million for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnostic serv...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
World-first lung cancer screening facility in Australia increases chance of cure

A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early ...

November 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
New biotech incubator in Australia to drive world-class medical research

CSL, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), and the University of Melbourne have secured funding to creat...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia suggests anxiety symptoms as early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease

New research suggests that anxiety symptoms in late-middle-aged adults may be an indicator of the earliest stage of Alzh...

November 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia establishes national aged care advisory council

Seventeen prominent Australians will provide expert advice on aged care issues and the implementation of the Australian ...

November 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia uses nanotechnology to offer pain relief for tooth sensitivity

In an Australian first, researchers from the University of Queensland have used nanotechnology to develop effective ways...

November 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia offers new analysis to predict how well vaccines will work against COVID-19 strains

The researchers from the Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney&rsq...

November 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia focuses on state-of-the-art equipment to assist cancer treatment

The government is strengthening the safety and quality of Australia’s cancer treatment programs by securing $2.5 m...

November 22, 2021 | Monday | News
EQT Infrastructure buys Australia’s largest integrated cancer care provider

UK-based EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire Integrated Clinical Oncology Network Pty Ltd (Icon Group) from a ...

November 19, 2021 | Friday | News
mRNA Victoria, Ginkgo Bioworks to grow bioeconomy & biosecurity capabilities in Australia

mRNA Victoria, the agency of the Australian State of Victoria Government charged with building the State's mRNA man...

November 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia designs imaging software to accurately diagnose jaundice

Engineers from the University of South Australia and Middle Technical University have designed imaging softwar...

November 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Illumina invests $5M into genomics lab in Australia

US-based Illumina, Inc. has announced the opening of a new, fully equipped laboratory to help Australian researchers and...

November 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News