THE QUEENSLAND State Government has announced plans for a new dedicated children’s emergency department on Brisbane’s north side by 2012.
20/02/2009
QUEENSLAND is breaking into one of the world's major markets for clinical trials of medical and pharmaceutical products and equipment.
18/09/2009
AN INDEPENDENT review of Hendra virus at Cawarral in August 2008 has found Biosecurity Queensland officers responded rapidly and effectively and in accordance with state and national plans and procedures.
13/10/2009
A $2.2m staff accommodation complex for workers from Cloncurry Hospital has officially been opened by the Queensland State Government.
04/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Bligh Government has allocated $1.1m funding towards an international alliance which will be dedicated to developing vaccines to prevent chronic infections and cancer.
20/05/2009
THE Queensland State Government has aired its fears the National Party’s three per cent “efficiency dividend” will result in cuts to emergency services.
09/03/2009
THE ROYAL Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation Research Grant Awards 2009 has paid tribute to some of Queensland’s leading medical researchers at an awards show in Brisbane.
11/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND state government has implemented a health listening tour across Queensland allowing the Health minister to meet frontline staff and see the first-hand challenges facing the health network.
30/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND State government has awarded the University of Queensland (UQ) a $2m grant to help lead international efforts in developing an E. Coli vaccine for cattle.
29/05/2009
THE Queensland Government and Xstrata Coal Queensland have announced a venture which will see Xstrata Coal invest $750,000 over three years into improving medical and allied health facilities in Wandoan.
03/03/2009
QUEENSLANDERS at most risk of complications from human swine influenza will be among the first to benefit from the vaccine rollout which begins across Australia today.
30/09/2009
A PROGRAM allowing public health patients to have their operation in the private system is set to be made permanent under a re-elected Queensland government.
05/03/2009
A NEW centre for disease research has been established at the University of Queensland which will focus on developing early diagnosis for diseases such as cancer.
01/06/2009
QUEENSLAND health has confirmed three crew members on the P&O cruise liner Pacific Dawn have tested positive for H1N1 influenza (human swine flu).
29/05/2009
AFTER only two weeks of receiving a genetic construct from Protein Sciences Corporation the University of Queensland (UQ) has produced Australia's first batch of a new candidate vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus.
30/06/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has announced a three million dollar program which will see Queensland parents vaccinated against whooping cough in an effort to stop the spread of the life-threatening disease.
20/07/2009
IN WHAT IS a first for Queensland, many of the world's animal virus experts are gathering on the Sunshine Coast to discuss the challenges of dealing with rare viruses carried by animals.
13/10/2009
THE Dengue Fever outbreak in far north Queensland has seen around 100 health care staff working in the region.
06/03/2009
Prima BioMed has engaged the Unversity of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Queensland (UQ) to undertake research into developing an oral delivery system for vaccines for cervical cancer.
20/11/2009
BERRINGA Honey has developed world standard medical grade honey which is currently being exported to overseas markets, including the USA.
26/05/2009