THE US Food and Drug
Administration has updated
its blood donor deferral policy
to reduce the risk of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
By utilising ‘sound science’, donor
education materials and specific
advances in blood testing, the FDA
has reduced HIV transmission rates
from blood transfusion from one in
2,500 to one in 1.47 million.
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MONTU Group, its subsidiary Alternaleaf Pty Ltd, and their common director Christopher Strauch are facing legal action by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in the Federal Court of Australia for alleged unlawful advertising on the effectiveness of their medicinal cannabis products.
AUSTRALIA’S public hospitals are facing their lengthiest wait times on record for planned surgeries, with emergency departments struggling under access blockages, according to the latest annual Public Hospital Report Card by the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
THE University of South Australia has released a new study to help healthcare workers better support women with persistent pelvic pain, including symptoms that are suggestive of gynaecological, lower urinary tract, bowel, sexual, and pelvic floor dysfunction.
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