In an online statement released Thursday, June 30, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its decision to recommend higher-dose and adjuvanted influenza vaccines for people… [+2998 chars]
More than two years into the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to challenge us. Its ability to rapidly mutate has seen the evolution of increasingly infectious variants … [+6365 chars]
Drugs that target the noradrenergic system may improve cognition and apathy in patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer’s disease but have little effect on attention or… [+1863 chars]
High blood level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major causative factor of coronary heart disease. Medicine- and/or diet-mediated reduction of LDL level is known to reduce the ris… [+4644 chars]
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are among the latest tools being used by cancer researchers to aid in detection and treatment of the disease. One of the scientists working in this new f… [+5242 chars]
News A newly funded project will evaluate how risk communication for vaccines can be improved to boost vaccine uptake among children. Children aged 511 have the lowest COVID vaccination rate of any… [+5586 chars]
Flu cases typically increase between April and October, according to Public Health Unit co-director Deb Kay. However, an uptake of the free shot at Barwon Health resulted in 10 times as many people … [+911 chars]
Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standa… [+10505 chars]
CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., adopted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation to preferentially recommend the use of specific flu vaccines for adult… [+2185 chars]
Whether they've got two left feet or have been known to cut a rug or two in their time, the folks at one Glenfield aged care facility are all equally able to join in with an innovative new program. … [+1680 chars]
The current wave of COVID-19 highlights a particularly high risk of reinfection by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Why is this? A team from the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases of the University… [+4842 chars]
More than 6000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organisation. The United Nations agency will reconvene a meeting of the … [+1022 chars]
