CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 27 -- The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities' Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development issued the following news release: Work to restore and improve Waterfall Way is continuing with input from the local community and stakeholders now being sought on the next section of this vital transport link. Deputy Prime Minister and Member for New England Barnaby Joyce said the Commonwealth Government is contributing m  more

BERLIN, Germany, Aug. 27 (TNSJou) -- Charite - University Medicine Berlin issued the following news: A clinical trial, conducted by an international team of researchers and co-led by Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin, has shown that a triple combination therapy consisting of three known compounds is both safe and effective in cystic fibrosis patients with relatively rare disease-causing genetic defects. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine/*, the researchers predict that up to 90 p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Baker-Polito Administration, Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg and the Massachusetts State Lottery announced the final winners for the last of five drawings for the Massachusetts VaxMillions Giveaway. From the time that the program was announced on June 15 through the final day of registration, over 318,000 residents received a first dose of the vaccine, and over 440,000 residents became fu  more

SWINDON, England, Aug. 27 (TNSJou) -- The Medical Research Council, a part of UK Research and Innovation, issued the following news: A randomised trial has found a seasonal vaccination and preventative drug combination lowers child hospitalisations and deaths from malaria by approximately 70%. Giving young children the world's first malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E and antimalarial drugs before the rainy season could substantially reduce cases of life-threatening malaria in the African Sahel. The   more