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Nurses and midwives plead the case for more research funding

Nov 7, 2022

07 November 2022Despite being the largest health workforce in the country, nurses and midwives receive only a tiny proportion of research funding in Australia, according to a UniSA-led study published...

What happens to the economy if you can't pay your home loan?

Nov 7, 2022

What happens to the economy if you can't pay your home loan? The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been trying to combat rising inflation with interest rate raises (read...

Researchers Unveil Data-Driven, Automated Machine-Learning System for Detecting Emerging Public Health Threats

Nov 5, 2022

A dire threat to public health can emerge from a huge variety of sources – for example, infectious diseases, a spate of drug overdoses, or exposures to toxic chemicals. Federal,...

Therapeutic HIV vaccine with Oxford technology achieves encouraging results

Nov 5, 2022

The vaccine in the study – developed by AELIX Therapeutics – delivered the HIVACAT T-cell Immunogen (HTI) using a combination of DNA vector, modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) vector and...

Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded, new study confirms

Nov 5, 2022

The Tonga eruption took place under the sea, around 65km from the country’s main island, causing tsunamis felt as far away as Russia, the United States, and Chile. The Hunga...

New Yorker’s David Remnick on Russia, Past and Present—Nov. 17 at NYU’s Jordan Center

Nov 5, 2022

The event is the latest in a new series hosted by Yevgenia Albats, a Jordan Center Distinguished Journalist in Residence. David Remnick has been editor of the New Yorker since...

Arizona Republican who crossed Trump sees bad omens

Nov 5, 2022

In three decades of involvement in conservative politics, Rusty Bowers has never been so worried by the gap between perception and reality that currently plagues Arizona's Republican Party. Multiple investigations,...

An algorithm to detect gerrymandering

Nov 5, 2022

The pair found traditional methods for evaluating the fairness of redistricting plans weren’t working well, because they didn’t provide a neutral baseline to make objective comparisons. Graph looks at how...

Substance use disorders linked to poor health outcomes in wide range of physical health conditions

Nov 4, 2022

For most subsequent health conditions, people with substance use disorders also had shorter life-expectancies than did individuals without substance use disorders. Although substance use disorders have considerable direct effects on...

UBC experts on rain and flooding

Nov 4, 2022

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