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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Government VIC
- 20/09/2024
- 06:30
New housing index shows crisis worse since Housing Statement announced
Victoria's housing crisis has worsened on nearly every key indicator one year since the state government's Housing Statement. Council to Homeless Persons' new Housing Insecurity Index tracks key housing indicators which gauge the pressure Victorians are under to put a roof over their head. The inaugural index, released to mark one year since the government's Housing Statement, shows: Annual rents rose 13.3% across the state, with a 14.6% increase in Melbourne, and 5.3% in regional areas The public housing waiting list is now at 61,587 The number of people who received support from Specialist Homelessness Services in Victoria increased from…
- RetailOnline Retail
- 20/09/2024
- 06:26
NIKE, Inc. Board of Directors Announces Long-Time Nike Veteran Elliott Hill to Return as President and Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe to Retire from Nike
BEAVERTON, Ore.–BUSINESS WIRE– The Board of Directors of NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today that Elliott Hill will become President and Chief Executive Officer of…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/09/2024
- 06:26
Zenas BioPharma Announces Closing of Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares in Initial Public Offering
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zenas BioPharma, Inc. (“Zenas”), (Nasdaq: ZBIO) a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company committed to being a leader in the development and commercialization of transformative immunology-based therapies, today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced upsized initial public offering of 13,235,294 shares of its common stock, which closed on September 16, 2024, exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,985,294 shares at the initial public offering price of $17.00 per share. After giving effect to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, which closed on September 19,…
- CharitiesAidWelfare, Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/09/2024
- 06:00
Stem cell donors urgently needed… the simple way young Aussies can help save lives
Australia is facing a critical shortage of registered stem cell donors – and the solution lies in the hands of younger Australians. On World Marrow Donor Day tomorrow, the Leukaemia Foundation and Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) are joining forces to encourage all Aussies, aged between 18 – 35, to do one simple action – sign up to become a stem cell donor. At any one time, there are around 1,000 Australians urgently waiting to receive a suitable living donor match as part of their life-saving treatment[i]. Approximately 90% of those waiting for a stem cell transplant, also known…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/09/2024
- 06:00
Stem cell donors urgently needed… the simple way young Aussies can help save lives
Australia is facing a critical shortage of registered stem cell donors – and the solution lies in the hands of younger Australians. On World Marrow Donor Day tomorrow, the Leukaemia Foundation and Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) are joining forces to encourage all Aussies, aged between 18 – 35, to do one simple action – sign up to become a stem cell donor. At any one time, there are around 1,000 Australians urgently waiting to receive a suitable living donor match as part of their life-saving treatment[i]. Approximately 90% of those waiting for a stem cell transplant, also known…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/09/2024
- 06:00
New Drug Trends report highlights significant changes in substance use in Australia
The Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney has today released findings from its annual surveys with hundreds of people who regularly use drugs, recruited from each capital city in Australia. The 2024 Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), a national sample of 740 people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants, found significant changes in the use of some substances in 2024. Recent use of non-prescribed pharmaceutical stimulants—such asADHD medications dexamphetamine and methylphenidate, and narcolepsy drug modafinil— represented the highest per cent of use observed since the commencement of monitoring…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 20/09/2024
- 06:00
Health sector responds to tobacco giant’s sale of asthma inhaler company
Embargoed until 6am AEST, 20 September 2024 Lung health and public health peak bodies have responded to the proposed sale by tobacco giant Philip Morris International of its inhaler subsidiary Vectura by questioning the links between the purchaser and seller, and the tobacco company’s intention to keep selling inhaler products. The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Public Health Association of Australia had called for medical and health groups to boycott Vectura and its products. In recent weeks, the Society has met numerous pharmaceutical and medicine companies to explain Big Tobacco ties to the company. “We are…
- General News, Transport Automotive
- 20/09/2024
- 05:00
RACV ROAD SAFETY REMINDER AS VICTORIANS SHARE MOST FRUSTRATING FREEWAY DRIVING HABITS
As Victorians prepare for Spring school holiday road travel, RACV is encouraging drivers to prioritise road safety and to be mindful of the road rules. The latest results from an RACV poll reveal the most frustrating driving habits on a freeway are drivers that stay in the right lane, closely followed by not letting in merging vehicles and speeding up and then slowing down. RACV Head of Policy James Williams said safety on the roads must come first, with over 206 lives (as at 17 September 2024) already lost on Victorian roads in 2024. "School holidays are often a time…
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- RetailOnline Retail
- 20/09/2024
- 03:11
Mary Kay Expands Into Kyrgyzstan, Further Elevating Beauty and Empowerment Around the World
DALLAS–BUSINESS WIRE– Mary Kay Inc., a global leader in skin care and cosmetics, is proud to announce its expansion into Kyrgyzstan, marking a significant…
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