E&OE… Topics: Vaccine rollout, COVID cases in Queensland and NSW, GREG HUNT: Good Afternoon everyone. I’m pleased to be here to give you an update two matters in particular. One is the national vaccine rollout, and very significant progress over not just the last 24 hours but the course of the last week-and-a-half,…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Queensland lockdown NICK KOKOTIS: Good afternoon. I’d just like to welcome to our medical clinic, the Bluff Road Medical Centre, the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mr Greg Hunt, Dr Lucas de Toca from Department of Health, and Mr Tim Wilson, the local member for Goldstein. Welcome…
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program is well under way, with more than 500,000 Australians receiving a free jab as part of the Phase 1 rollout. There have been more than 507,000 vaccines at the close of business on Friday. 329,000 vaccines have been administered in state and territory vaccination clinics, 97,000 vaccines have been administered in…
There is new hope for thousands of Australians living with breast cancer, lung cancer, osteoporosis and asthma with landmark new and amended medicines listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 April. Breast cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in Australia and the second most common cause of death from…
$27 million for next-generation medical research Ten new medical research projects, including an education program to improve health literacy for socio-economically and culturally diverse new parents will be funded, thanks to the Morrison Government and the Australian medical community. The Parenting+ project, funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Partnership Project…
From today, Australia’s best and brightest researches can apply for the fourth and final round of the $45 million BioMedTech Horizons (BMTH) program, which has been successful in bringing cutting edge medical devices to market. The Australian Government, through the BMTH program, offers $3.2 million in partnership projects to help get innovative new medical…
E&OE… Topics: Phase 1B rollout, AstraZeneca doses held up in Europe. SCOTT EMERSON: Queensland now has more active coronavirus cases than in anywhere else in Australia. There are 67 active cases here and half are returned travellers from PNG. But we shouldn’t feel discouraged. In the first month of the vaccine rollout,…
The Australian Government is investing $2.1 million over four years, making it easier for Australians with diabetes to monitor their condition. From November 1, point-of-care glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests will be listed on Medicare, funding 19,000 tests for Australians with previously diagnosed diabetes. Around one in twenty Australian adults have diabetes. The condition…
E&OE… Topics: Maeve’s Law; COVID-19 vaccine rollout; assistance to PNG. GREG HUNT: Good morning everybody and I’m delighted to be joined this morning by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia Professor Michael Kidd. We’ll very shortly give you an update on the very heartening news from the TGA that not…
The Morrison Government is providing $2.6 million to researchers at the University of Melbourne to use the latest information technology to improve the lives of people who have survived brain cancer. Funded by the Morrison Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Australian Brain Cancer Mission – 2020 Brain Cancer Survivorship Grant Opportunity, the three-year…