Routine vaccines, extraordinary impact: Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis kills one in three of its severely afflicted victims and leaves approximately a quarter of survivors permanently brain damaged. The good news: there’s a vaccine.
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Japanese encephalitis kills one in three of its severely afflicted victims and leaves approximately a quarter of survivors permanently brain damaged. The good news: there’s a vaccine.
Severe floods that hit parts of eastern Australia earlier this year sowed death and millions of dollars of destruction. The heavy rainfall events also appear to have ushered in another unwanted effect: Japanese encephalitis. Normally confined to...
The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded seven researchers from The University of Western Australia more than $10.7 million in
Date Time Researchers awarded $3.2M state funding to tackle COVID health challenges Researchers from The University of Western Australia have been awarded $3.2 million in State Government funding to tackle COVID-19 health challenges, including creating a system using smartphones to identify children in need of urgent dental care, investigating how antibodies in breast milk protect babies from the virus and preparing a COVID-19 vaccine rollout for hard-to-reach communities. UWA was successful in receiving 10 Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Focus Grants, announced today by Sta...