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Vaccinations urged to curb child flu death surge

Health authorities are calling for more children to be vaccinated to avoid another spike in deaths in the coming flu season. Head of the interim Australian Centre for

New report sheds light on self-harming in children

Boys are more likely than girls to be hospitalised because of injury in all, except one, sobering instance. A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and

Fixed-site pill testing centre open for business

Queensland’s first fixed-site pill testing centre has opened. CheQpoint will operate in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills and offer services every

Illness keeping 100,000 students away from school

New digital support services have been released to support more than 100,000 students who are missing out on significant school time due to medical and mental

Aussies face a new standard of sun protection

Sunscreen manufacturers will need to adhere to a new set of standards if they want to continue to be slapped on by sun-loving Aussies. From July 1, the Therapeutic Goods

Chocolate eating rises, fresh food declines

Australians have turned to chocolate over the past five years as vegetable, fruit and milk consumption drops. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics food consumption

Health benefits of watching sport confirmed

It is official. Watching sport is good for you. A team of researchers at Waseda University in Japan conducted a series of studies on the potential well-being impacts

New centre tweaks cancer treatments in real-time

A new cancer therapy centre will adjust treatments for patients in real-time in an innovate new approach to care. QIMR Berghofer scientists at the ACRF Centre for

World-first trial zeros in on cancer cells

A world-first cancer trial at a Brisbane hospital is targeting difficult to treat cancers that have spread throughout the body. The Princess Alexandra Hospital, in

Millennials revealed as leisure-starved generation

New data on how Australians use their time has exploded some of the stereotypes around the habits of different generations. Much has been written about Generation X

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