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One Australian child dies every week homeless and alone

Thousands of Australian children are homeless without a parent or guardian and hundreds have committed suicide despite being known to specialist homelessness

Common painkillers fuel antibiotic resistance risk

The use of common over-the-counter painkillers is fuelling antibiotic resistance, one of the greatest threats to global health. New research from University of South

Long COVID impact on par with stroke and Parkinson’s

By Danielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin and Kieva Richards When most people think of COVID now, they picture a short illness like a cold – a few days of fever, sore throat

Flashing mouthguards are here to help head injury battle

By Nick Draper and Kevin Mangan When the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend, spectators will witness more than the usual thrills, skills and physical

Disorderly weekends trigger new sleeping disorder

Weekend partying is not just leading to dusty Mondays. It has spawned a new sleeping disorder. Researchers from Adelaide’s Flinders University found late nights,

New waste treatment process targets fatbergs

Australian researchers have developed a new wastewater treatment system that will help prevent “fatbergs” forming. Senior lead researcher Dr Biplob Pramanik, form

Cameras capture children exposed to unhealthy marketing

A study which placed cameras on children found they were exposed to unhealthy food, alcohol, and gambling marketing more than 70 times every day. Researchers from the

Trial to test impact of genetic skin cancer warnings

If you were told your genes made you more susceptible to skin cancer, would you really change your habits? That’s what researchers at QIMR Berghofer have been tasked

Beattie new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is the new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst, a collaboration of more than 50 of Australia and New Zealand’s leading medical

New patch to replace blood tests … and big needles

The need for a range of blood tests may soon be over with researchers developing a new patch to test for various conditions. Scientists in the United States have created

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