Archive: 21/04/2021

WHO eyes malaria eradication in 25 countries by 2025

A growing number of countries are stamping out malaria, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as it launched an initiative to help eradicate the deadly disease in 25 more countries by 2025.

Apr 21, 2021

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Shedding light on the robustness of short-term memory during distractions

A team of researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute has learned more about the brain processes involved in short-term memory retention when distractions occur. In their paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, ...

Apr 21, 2021 report

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War trauma is a shared experience

Many New Zealand families have stories of relatives who returned from war changed, struggling with mental illness because of their service.

Apr 21, 2021

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Medical costs another burden for burn victims from the bush

Living away from community and country, Aboriginal families of children with severe burns also face critical financial stress to cover the associated costs of health care and treatment, a new study shows.

Apr 21, 2021

At-risk women and their doctors have low awareness of preventive meds

A Peter Mac-led study has shown many Australian women at increased risk of breast cancer are unaware they can reduce their risk with medication.

Apr 21, 2021

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Gastro outbreak: How does it spread, and how can we stop it? A gastroenterologist explains

On Monday, Victorian health authorities released figures showing they'd received 389 reports of "gastro" outbreaks so far in 2021.

Apr 21, 2021

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Exercise boosts immunity and makes vaccines more effective, new study shows

The availability of vaccines has brought hope for the end of the pandemic. Yet COVID deaths and cases are still surging around the world. As we try to immunize the world, the most likely scenario for the next few years is ...

Apr 21, 2021

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Racial inequalities and COVID-19: Addressing the long-term impacts

It didn't take long for the world to feel the pandemic's impact on existing inequalities. A year after the arrival of COVID-19, however, and many of those outcomes have proven to be far more wide-reaching and devastating ...

Apr 21, 2021

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Designing new ways to detect viral threats earlier to prevent another pandemic

To Linfa Wang, Ph.D., some of the most important unanswered questions about the COVID-19 pandemic lie within slick layers of guano, deep in a hole in the ground.

Apr 21, 2021

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Strict border control remains crucial for Australia's travel bubble

With the opening of a quarantine-free travel corridor between New Zealand and Australia this week, it's easy to forget COVID-19 is still spreading globally, faster than ever, with more than three million deaths recorded worldwide.

Apr 21, 2021

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