health
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RIP COVIDSafe App, You Were Trash From Day One
Health has cancelled the issue-plagued COVIDSafe contact tracing app that did nothing but drain the batteries of those who installed it.
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Those Potentially Exposed to ‘Mad Cow Disease’ Will Now Be Able to Donate Blood in Australia Again
From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again. That’s because the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from blood transfusions in Australia is incredibly tiny. We calculated that risk was about one in 1.4 billion, publishing our research…
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5 Mistakes to Avoid Now Australia Has Marked Climate Change a National Security Threat
The climate policies of the former Morrison government were widely panned – largely for a weak commitment to cutting emissions and a slow transition to renewable energy. But amid all the shortcomings, arguably the biggest was the Coalition’s neglect of security threats posed by climate change. The Albanese government has moved to address this gap.…
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How You Sleep May Impact Your Brain, Researchers Reveal
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is the most common form of motor neuron disease. People with ALS progressively lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movements, including the ability to speak, swallow and breathe. There is no known cure. But recently, we studied mice and identified a new target…