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Peggy Maguire Appointed to WHO Academy Quality Committee Board
WHO-Unitaid statement on MPP licensing agreement for molnupiravir
Owodunni named to BCM Board of Trustees
Health – Political Choice: Solidarity, Science and Solutions
Coronavirus update for Victoria – Wednesday 27 October 2021
Cancer researcher wins $1.25M CSL Centenary Fellowship
Pfizer to be available from community pharmacies within weeks, as booster announcement welcomed by PSA
$2.5 million CSL Centenary Fellowships awarded
COVID at-home testing kits are now available
Booster shot welcome but must be compulsory for all health and aged care workers
$30 million to support key areas of medical research
Snake catcher warning residents to be cautious
Antigen testing still prohibited in South Australia
Veteran Wellbeing Centre Network expanding to South East Qld
WA legislative barriers blocking rapid antigen testing use must be removed
Removal of $450 threshold huge win for working people
Western Australia Covid update as at 27 October 2021
Handful of companies could prevent around 300 deaths year by cutting salt in these products
RACGP welcomes Covid vaccine booster approval
Final Three Waters decisions must involve unions
74 community cases of Covid; four border cases; 3 million New Zealanders now fully vaccinated
Vaccine Operation Centre – Weekly Operational Update
NSW latest Covid update as at 27 October
TGA approval for Pfizer Covid vaccine booster dose
Making it easier for senior Australians to access and navigate aged care
Life sciences’ highest achievers awarded with prestigious Industry Excellence Awards
New model Code of Practice for respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone
TGA approves booster doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine, COMIRNATY
New discovery tackles treatment-resistant melanoma
Journalism in pandemic: Covering Covid now and in future — self-directed course for journalists
Journalism in pandemic: Covering Covid vaccines — What journalists need to know
Use of WHO costing and budgeting tool for National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance in Sierra Leone
Bronzed Aussies dont link tanning with skin cancer
Statement on ninth meeting of International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding coronavirus disease pandemic
Coronavirus update for Victoria – Tuesday 26 October 2021
WHO Statement on Solidarity Trial Vaccines
Western Australia Covid update as at 26 October 2021
QIMR Berghofer scientist elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
New exposure sites on Gold Coast 26 October
Top economists call for radical redirection of economy to put Health for All at centre in run-up to G20
Cancer researchers elected to health and medical sciences academy
Final ‘foundation stones’ set for future of Australian regenerative medicine
Medicine supply to Australian communities in jeopardy if antigen testing is not provided to pharmacies
Australia’s biggest week in biotech begins
Top 3 Covid vaccine questions – Vaccine passports, easing restrictions and vaccines for variants
New exposure sites in Bundaberg Central and Glass House Mountains
Dylan Ashton wins ECR Prize for work on using kangaroo tendon for grafts on humans
Supporting research to improve health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people