Having a preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) birth may increase a woman's risk of early mortality. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have higher preterm birth and mortality rates compared with other Australian women. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Streptococcus pyogenes (also known as group A Streptococcus , Strep A) is an obligate human pathogen with significant global morbidity and mortality. Transmission is believed to occur primarily between individuals via respiratory droplets, but knowledge about other potential sources of transmission via aerosols or the environment is limited. Such knowledge is required to design optimal interventions to control transmission, particularly in endemic settings. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Not all children or teenagers identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. As a result, some may choose to change their name, their clothes or their body. With considerably higher rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and attempted suicide, the need for specialist mental health services has been recognised. ...

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Closing the Gap Six Closing the Gap targets were created in 2008 in response to a call to achieve equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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• 2021
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Aboriginal Research Project Officer, Danielle Hedland, assisting Schools Coordinator, Sistha Halim, lead a class in their experiment. What do ...

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• 2021
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Pneumococcal – a bacterial infection that can cause pneumonia and meningitis – is responsible for thousands of hospital admissions in Australia each ...

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• 2023
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It was the right story at the right time: six months into COVID-19, as the world was reeling from the relentless blows of a ballooning pandemic, ...

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• 2021
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Immunotherapy is the new holy grail of cancer treatment – using the patient’s own immune system to fight the disease. But this revolutionary therapy ...

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• 2023
• Collaboration

Leukaemia, also spelled leukemia, is a cancer that develops in the bone marrow and results in abnormal white blood cells. It is the most common cancer in children, accounting for almost a third of all childhood & teen cancers. ...

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• Children's Cancers

Asperger's, also known as Asperger syndrome (AS), is a type of autism spectrum disorder that affects social skills, social interaction and nonverbal communication. ...

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• Autism Spectrum