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- Medical Health Aged Care, National News Current Affairs
- 17/07/2026
- 03:37
Smoking falls to historic low showing Australia’s comprehensive tobacco control measures are delivering results
Audio Newsgrabs available Friday 17 July 2026 Smoking has fallen to a historic low with new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data showing just 5.6% of Australians 14+ were smoking daily last year. This is well ahead of Australia’s target of 10% or fewer adults smoking by 2025. Cancer Council Australia says the new data indicates that Australia’s tobacco control and nicotine policies over several decades continue to drive down smoking and vaping, saving lives. The National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2025, conducted every three years and released today, found daily smoking dropped dramatically from 8.3% in 2022–23 to…
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- General News
- 17/07/2026
- 03:02
Society for Medical Decision Making Honors UMIT TIROL and Harvard Professor Uwe Siebert with 2026 Career Achievement Award
OSLO, Norway, July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) presented its highest career honor, the 2026 Career Achievement Award, to Professor Uwe Siebert, MPH, MSc, ScD, of UMIT TIROL and Harvard University, recognizing his decades of transformative contributions to medical decision making through groundbreaking research, international leadership, education, and service.The award was presented during the Leadership Awards Session at the SMDM 48th Annual Meeting in Oslo, Norway, by Professor Mark Bounthavong, PharmD, PhD, Chair of the SMDM Awards Committee and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at…
- Technology Innovation
- 17/07/2026
- 02:47
NetApp Acquires DataPelago, Making Data AI-Ready at the Infrastructure Layer
Embedding GPU-accelerated intelligence enables enterprises to easily discover, govern, and activate data for AI and analytics at the source SAN JOSE, Calif.–BUSINESS WIRE– NetApp®…
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- Information Technology
- 17/07/2026
- 02:47
Denodo Platform 9.5 Provides Agentic AI with Active Context, to Act Effectively and Responsibly
Latest release strengthens trusted enterprise context for AI, analytics, and data sharingPALO ALTO, Calif., July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denodo, the AI data layer company, announced the availability of Denodo Platform 9.5, advancing its role in providing active context for agentic AI, analytics, and self-service data delivery.Enterprise AI initiatives increasingly depend on whether AI agents, applications, and business users can access trusted enterprise context in real time. Data access alone is not enough. Organizations need shared business meaning, consistent governance, reusable data products, and direct, governed access to live data in the operational systems where business activity happens.Denodo Platform…
- Technology Innovation
- 17/07/2026
- 02:17
GoodVision AI to Build 100 MW AI Factory in Japan via Strategic Partnership with AI Storm
Flagship Deployment in Fukushima Anchors Scalable, High-Performance AI Infrastructure Buildout REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–BUSINESS WIRE– GoodVision AI (“GoodVision”), a developer of next-generation AI compute infrastructure…
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- Business Finance
- 17/07/2026
- 00:48
Visa Introduces Platform for Stablecoin Minting, Movement and Management
The Visa Stablecoin Platform gives financial institutions, fintechs and other payment providers a single environment to come onchain and run stablecoin operations with Visa.…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, National News Current Affairs
- 17/07/2026
- 00:02
Smoking falls to historic low showing Australia’s comprehensive tobacco control measures are delivering results
Smoking has fallen to a historic low with new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data showing just 5.6% of Australians 14+ were smoking daily last year. This is well ahead of Australia’s target of 10% or fewer adults smoking by 2025. Cancer Council Australia says the new data indicates that Australia’s tobacco control and nicotine policies over several decades continue to drive down smoking and vaping, saving lives. The National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2025, conducted every three years and released today, found daily smoking dropped dramatically from 8.3% in 2022–23 to 5.6% in 2025. Additionally, more than two-thirds…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 17/07/2026
- 00:01
Tobacco smoking rate’s drop shows cessation efforts are working
Australia’s public health peak body has applauded efforts which have caused another drop in daily smoking rates to 5.6 percent of the population in 2025, down from 8.3% in 2022-23. “There’s extremely positive news in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s latest National Drugs Household Survey 2025,” Public Health Association of Australia President, Professor Caroline Miller, said. “This survey is Australia’s long standing “gold standard” in measuring smoking rates. “Daily smoking rates have declined over the past 25 years from nearly 20 percent of people over 14 (19.5%) or around 3 million people in 2001, to around 1.3 million…
- Business Finance
- 16/07/2026
- 23:47
Andersen Consulting Adds Collaborating Firm Smartbridge
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE-- Andersen Consulting announces a Collaboration Agreement with Smartbridge, a Texas-based digital and AI technology firm, enhancing its capabilities in data and analytics, and digital transformation services. Founded in 2003, Smartbridge helps organizations accelerate their digital transformation and modernize operations through digital innovation, AI, data and analytics, and application modernization services. The firm works with clients in the oil and gas, medtech, and restaurant industries, combining advisory and technology services to enable enterprise transformation and growth. Leveraging strategic relationships with leading technology providers, Smartbridge helps organizations connect data, improve decision-making, and accelerate business outcomes. “Organizations today are looking…
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