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← Health Report - Separate stories podcast28. Aug. · 11 Min.

The Australian vaccine saving millions of lives

The Australian vaccine saving millions of lives28. Aug.11 Min.

In the news:

Twenty years ago, the first dose of the HPV vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer was administered. What's the impact of the research that led to this, from University of Queensland's Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer AC and his colleague Dr Jian Zhou?

A Select Committee on Women's Health will look for the first time at post-partum care and pregnancy, amongst other issues that will support women. Submissions close on October 9.

Genetic markers for stress have been investigated in donated brain tissue of people with schizophrenia, showing stress genes had been turned on.

There have been two more measles-associated deaths in the United States

References

20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine

Select Committee on Women's Health

Association Between Age-Dependent DNA Methylation Changes at FKBP5 Enhancer Sites and Increased Cortical Gene Expression in Schizophrenia

Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths