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Travel industry faces post-pandemic choices
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Global tourism is at a crossroads as the Covid 19 virus, spread by mass travel, forces the industry to make choices on its future, according to a researcher from James Cook University.

Car crash risks higher in rural areas
Fri, 23 Dec 2022
People living in rural areas are not only at higher risk of sustaining severe head injuries in transport-related accidents; they are also less likely to survive, according to a global review of head trauma studies undertaken by JCU Medicine Honours student, Julia Chequer De Souza.

Safety courses proposed for farm kids
Fri, 16 Dec 2022
Researchers say farm injuries to adolescents need to be looked at more closely and are recommending safety courses for all farm kids.

Tyranny of distance impacts mental health in the bush
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
Researchers are calling for greater funding for rural mental health services as a new study shows patients face increasing disadvantages the further out of town they live.

Kicking goals against TB
Wed, 7 Dec 2022
A potential new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed at James Cook University is one of six now being tested in the first phase of a US $1.7 million head-to-head vaccine tournament, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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