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Agenus Announces Nature Medicine Publication of Multicenter UNICORN Phase 2 Trial Demonstrating Deep Responses with Neoadjuvant BOT+BAL in Resectable Colon Cancer

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In pMMR/MSS colon cancer, neoadjuvant BOT+BAL met the trial’s primary endpoint with a 36% major pathologic response rate, including 29% pathologic complete response, within an overall 71% pathologic response rate after one BOT dose and two BAL doses No patients treated with BOT+BAL had their cancer return, with median follow-up of 19.2 months in MSS … Continued

Election dental pledges welcome, but those in greatest need must come first

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Key Facts: PRIORITIES FOR A FAIR ORAL HEALTH SYSTEM: Reduce the cost of providing care: a payroll tax exemption for dental practices, matching relief proposed for general practitioners and allied health. Support the public sector workforce: paying specialist dentists in training (registrars), pay parity with interstate public dentists, and regional relocation subsidies paired with retention … Continued

Pick of the Crop is growing tech skills from the ground up in Townsville

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A Townsville school is helping students grow fresh food and future-ready skills through its school garden made possible through Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s Pick of the Crop initiative.  The Willows State School has brought its garden to life through Pick of the Crop (POTC), with a plan centred on three key elements of the program: … Continued

‘Sun safe habits last a lifetime’: National Skin Cancer Action Week theme unveiled as Australia celebrates 45 years of Slip! Slop! Slap! and Sid Seagull

By Michelle Lauifata

Note: Access the press kit (here) and below for supporting assets, including radio grabs, broadcast footage, press photography and vintage Sid Seagull materials. Cancer Council Australia has unveiled ‘Sun safe habits last a lifetime’ as the theme for National Skin Cancer Action Week (15–22 November 2026), encouraging Australians to make sun protection part of everyday … Continued

Asia-Pacific is rapidly gaining importance as a major pillar in global life science innovation

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Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business in Seoul, Boehringer Ingelheim Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Shashank Deshpande, highlights the region’s growing role Boehringer builds on its integrated R&D and manufacturing operations in Japan, a growing presence in China and an expanding network of collaborations and partnerships across the entire region Boehringer … Continued

‘It’s an equity issue’: State and territory health ministers stand up for dying Australians as pressure grows for VAD telehealth reform

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Key Facts: Health ministers from Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the ACT have written jointly to urge the Federal Government to amend the Commonwealth Criminal Code to allow telehealth to be used in voluntary assisted dying (VAD) care. Current Criminal Code restrictions treat aspects of lawful VAD care delivered via telephone, video or … Continued

Dementia now causes one in ten Australian deaths, but expert warns men’s early symptoms are routinely mistaken for stress, burnout or simply becoming grumpy

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Key Facts: Dementia caused 19,019 deaths in Australia in 2025, 10.1% of all registered deaths and the first time above 10% (ABS, 27 October 2026). Dementia has been Australia’s leading cause of death since 2024; women account for 61% of dementia deaths. In men, early Alzheimer’s often shows up as poor planning, judgement and irritability … Continued

New Zealanders urged to sign petition for life-saving lung cancer screening programme

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The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) has launched a parliamentary petition calling on the New Zealand Government to fund and implement a National Lung Cancer Screening Programme. The petition urges Parliament to support the introduction of a targeted screening programme designed to detect lung cancer earlier and improve outcomes for people at highest … Continued