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A Western Australian ecologist is part of a world-first study into how restoring degraded rainforest affects human health, and may find another way to prevent malaria.
Topics: rain-forests-and-forest, malaria, research, albany-6330, malaysia
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| UpdatedAs scientists continue their search for a malaria vaccine, and concern rises over drug resistant strains of the malaria parasite, researchers from the Burnet Institute in Melbourne are investigating a strange phenomenon in Papua New Guinea.
Topics: malaria, pacific, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedVeterans are angry after the ADF says a clinical drug trial for soldiers was conducted "ethically and lawfully", despite the malaria medication being is linked to depression, anxiety and hallucinations.
Topics: defence-forces, malaria, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian reseachers have discovered a new vaccine strategy against malaria - by stopping the parasites that cause the virus in the liver before the infection spreads to the blood.
Topics: malaria, vaccines-and-immunity, pacific, australia
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge more than $US3 billion to rid the world of disease "within our children's lifetime".
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, health, medical-research, malaria, united-states
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A small group of healthy Australians are deliberately infected with one of the world's deadliest diseases to trial an antidote which could kill the parasite.
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, australia, switzerland
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| UpdatedThe ADF admits it accidentally exposed one of its soldiers to controversial anti-malarial drugs during trials in East Timor, despite the soldier having a medical history of mental illness.
Topics: defence-forces, army, malaria, veterans, mental-health, australia, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedQueensland scientists find a potential cure for malaria by developing a synthetic protein that they used to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease in mice.
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, research, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA discovery that could reduce the spread of malaria is made by researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, malaria, health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA British inquest finds the military failed in its duty of care when it gave soldiers Lariam despite evidence of side-effects, prompting Australian servicemen and women to renew their call for Defence to acknowledge the issues with the anti-malarial drug.
Topics: defence-forces, veterans, health, malaria, australia
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Topics: defence-forces, veterans, health, malaria
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Topics: defence-forces, veterans, health, malaria
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Topics: defence-forces, veterans, health, malaria
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Health authorities are concerned there may be unreported dengue fever cases in the Cairns region in far north Queensland.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, malaria, vaccines-and-immunity, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedBreath tests have been used to detect the presence of alcohol in a person's system for decades but could they be used to detect diseases?
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, science-and-technology, pacific
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| UpdatedResearchers are seeking new ways to reduce mosquito numbers, as fears over the mosquito-borne Zika virus escalate around the world.
Topics: health, malaria, science-and-technology, pacific, french-polynesia
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| UpdatedThe fight against diseases such as TB and malaria is being won, but more needs to be done to ensure help gets to the most vulnerable people in the Pacific.
Topics: malaria, infectious-diseases-other, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedMalaria parasites with a developed resistance to certain drugs cannot spread their resistance on, Australian scientists find, in a discovery they say could make malaria control significantly more effective worldwide.
Topics: malaria, science-and-technology, medical-research, university-of-melbourne-3010
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| UpdatedThe potential threat posed by drug-resistant tuberculosis has been well documented, but in Brisbane today an international conference will focus on a new and potentially bigger threat.
Topics: malaria, medical-research, world-politics, pacific, australia
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| UpdatedThe military's top brass come face to face with former soldiers and their families suffering depression and anxiety after being fed controversial anti-malaria drugs on deployment.
Topics: army, defence-forces, malaria, diseases-and-disorders, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe Immigration Department moves to offer asylum seekers on Manus Island alternatives to a controversial anti-malarial drug known to cause or exacerbate mental health issues, after Lateline reveals it has been the only option for several years.
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, health, pharmaceuticals, mental-health, immigration, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedMalaria is a major health issue in the Pacific, with thousands of people suffering its long term effects and administrations seemingly powerless to stem it.
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, pacific, papua-new-guinea, china, australia
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A mother whose says her daughter's life was ruined after taking the controversial anti-malarial drug mefloquine backs calls from current and former Defence personnel for an inquiry into its use.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, defence-forces, drug-use, malaria, australia
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| UpdatedThe Returned Services League (RSL) comes out in support of the hundreds of former soldiers who say they are battling a range of mental illnesses caused by anti-malaria medication mefloquine.
Topics: defence-forces, mental-health, malaria, veterans, army, defence-and-national-security, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Defence Force acknowledges for the first time that a number of its members have suffered severe side-effects from the use of an anti-malarial drug known as mefloquine or Lariam.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, malaria, drug-use, australia