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The federal government’s new National Immunisation Strategy has promised to focus on improving access to vaccines and reducing vaccine hesitancy. Health Minister Mark Butler’s five year plan comes at a time when vaccination rates among children and adolescents are declining post-COVID19. GUEST: Julie Leask, Professor in the School of Public Health and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Sydney PRODUCER: Brooke Young
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In the largest study of its kind, researchers tested the vitamin D status of more than 70,000 people as babies.
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Mashup Score: 17World's largest '100 per cent electric' ship launched in Tasmania - 2 month(s) ago
At 130 metres long, Hull 096 is the largest electric vehicle of its kind ever built, with the maker saying it represents a “giant leap forward in sustainable shipping”.
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Mashup Score: 345Shingles is not the only viral condition that can affect the brain - 2 month(s) ago
The virus that causes shingles is just one of a number of pathogens that may be linked to brain conditions. Here are some of the other bugs scientists have under the microscope.
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Melioidosis claims the life of another Queensland Health patient in the Townsville region as a microbiologist warns floodwater is pushing dangerous bacteria to the soil’s surface.
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Mashup Score: 0'You must trick them': How the online world shapes teen misogyny - 3 month(s) ago
Netflix’s new one-take crime drama takes toxic masculinity to a violent extreme. We asked an expert to help us unpack how reflective Adolescence is of our real world.
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Mashup Score: 13Bottle feeding toddlers to sleep linked to health risks, study finds - 3 month(s) ago
An Australian study has found that bottle feeding toddlers to help get them to sleep is linked to dental cavities and overweight in early childhood. But there are other strategies that can help settle them.
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In 2022, a Melbourne start-up announced they’d taught neurons in a dish to play Pong. Now, they’re selling a ‘biological computer’ made of thousands of human neurons.
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Mashup Score: 12Can learning a musical instrument ward off dementia? - 4 month(s) ago
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia’s most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
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Very soon parents of year seven students across the country will be asked to consent to their children receiving a lifesaving vaccine.
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Australia's new National Immunisation Strategy is comprehensive and notes that coverage is affected by hesitancy and lack of convenient service access. It has aspirational plans, encouraging reform talk, and a gap - no mention of nurses. My interview. https://t.co/ZFVWfnnmVa