JCU in the News

A Mount Isa academic is taking part in a world first taskforce, to combat COVID-19. Mount Isa Rural and Remote Health James Cook University professor Sabina Knight has joined the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, a panel of experts from...

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is more widespread than ever before after record high temperatures in February. Coral bleaching is sweeping across the Great Barrier Reef for a third time in five years. Bleaching has struck all three regions...

Western Australia coasts are a hot spot for sea snake diversity after the discovery of yet another species. Why This Matters: The list of species off the coast of WA continues to grow. A new species of turtle-headed sea snake has been discovered in...

Last week news spread of another major coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef. This is the third event in the past five years and comes off the back of major marine heatwaves in 2016 and 2017.

WE SHOULD not just flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, we should "squash it" according to North Queensland epidemiologists. On the eve of the Federal Government releasing the scientific modelling which has guided decision making during the...

We know that exercising your pelvic floor muscles can help bladder and bowel control, but two physios have done some research and found that there can be a happy side effect. Australian physiotherapists say simple pelvic floor exercises may be a cure...

Australian children and families are at risk of experiencing severe mental health concerns because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mount Isa Headspace Centre Manager Sigrid Tagaloa said our youth were starting to become affected by stress. "I know that in...

James Cook University researchers have found caring for Country improves the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as helping the environment. JCU’s Dr Diane Jarvis was part of a study funded by the Australian Government’s...

Life in Australia could start slowly returning to normal in a month - but only if the rate of coronavirus infection keeps falling, experts predict. The country is partially locked down under stage three restrictions that ban gatherings and, in some...

Marine life in our oceans could recover by 2050 if we can protect vulnerable habitats and species, adopt cautionary harvesting strategies, restore habitats, cut pollution and mitigate climate change, say Australian and international experts. They say w...