Australian nurses experiencing workplace violence are turning to their fellow nurses to cope due to a lack of support from their organisation, new research shows.  Researchers from Flinders University and the University of Queensland spoke with 23 nurses working in ...

Women in Labor could soon have another alternative for pain relief — water. Researchers at the University of Queensland are conducting research into whether labor pain could be reduced by water injections thanks to a new round of federal funding. ...

Australia’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate had potential but the false positives on HIV tests were too great a hurdle to move it into further trials, a study published this week has confirmed. The University of Queensland vaccine was abandoned last ...

With Australia's timeline for COVID-19 vaccination shifting, talk has again turned to those opposed to jabs of any kind. And a Queensland academic is hoping to help boost vaccination rates across the country with the world’s first Massive Open Online ...

University of Queensland researchers have found that the key to preventing Type 1 diabetes could be found in a person's gut. In the study, lead researcher Dr Emma Hamilton-Williams investigated differences in gut microbiota, and specifically compared those susceptible to Type ...

Students find new career goals, enhanced perspective on four-week placement.  Nursing and midwifery students recently travelled to Cambodia to apply concepts and skills in an unfamiliar environment. The four-week placement to Siem Reap was open to second- and third-year students ...