Australian researchers may have found the key to eradicating dengue fever for tens of millions of people around the world. Scientists led by a team at Monash University have succeeded in drastically reducing the incidence of the mosquito-borne virus in an area of Indonesia, by infecting local mossies with a bacterium. It’s a method that … Read more Dengue fever cases slashed in Indonesia | ABC News
In the US, ABC News is reporting that, despite many widely held beliefs, Asperin may to more harm than good in people aged 70 or above. Around the world, aspirin has previously been prescribed as a preventative medicine. However new research from Monash University has found there’s growing evidence the drug can do more harm … Read more Growing evidence aspirin can do more harm than good in people over 70 | ABC News
Monash University students stuck in Malaysia Australia’s ABC News reported on students from Monash University on a six months exchange who are stuck in Malaysia following the Covid-19 outbreak: A group of Australian Monash university students are stuck in Malaysia. They arrived there a couple of weeks ago as part of a six month university … Read more Australian university students stranded in Malaysia due to coronavirus lockdown rules | ABC News
If doctors believe that they might be able to save a dying child, should the parents have the freedom to pursue this treatment? If a court decides that the treatment is not in the child’s best interests, should it have unlimited authority to intervene? When deciding what care a child receives, should the wishes of … Read more Should parents have the final say on the medical treatment of their children?: Imogen Goold
Dr Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer, Monash University & Acting Director, Castan Centre for, Human Rights Law, Monash University, speaking on Panel II: ‘Transnational Anti-Abortion Activism, the Right to Free Speech and the Rights of Others under International Law’. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more … Read more Transnational Anti-Abortion Activism, the Right to Free Speech and the Rights of Others
Dr Justin Malbon, Professor, Monash University, speaking on Panel XIII: ‘Mapping the Informal Jurisprudence of Corporate Production and Investment Responsibility’. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/
