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16 July 2026
New Wall to honour those living long term with diabetes
Cairns woman Pamela McKay has lived with diabetes for more than 60 years and will be one of the local residents recognised on a new Honour Wall to be established at the Cairns Diabetes Centre.
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13 July 2026
High life: Cairns Hospital celebrates lepto treatment success
A new study has shown every patient treated at Cairns Hospital for a potentially deadly tropical disease has made a full recovery.
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07 June 2026
Research in action: Cairns Hospital to launch new Clinical Trials Centre of Excellence
Cairns patients will gain early access to cutting-edge new treatments with a new Clinical Trials Research Centre featuring eight dedicated beds as part of the hospital’s $1 billion expansion.
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02 June 2026
Cairns to become world leader in venom treatment
Cairns is set to become the world’s venom capital, launching a groundbreaking Toxicology Centre of Excellence to tackle the planet’s deadliest creatures - from box jellyfish to taipans.
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28 November 2025
‘Medical science has given me my life back’: Patient’s breath of fresh air after clinical trial
A Cairns grandmother with a chronic lung condition is breathing better for the first time in decades after being involved in new medical research at Cairns Hospital.
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15 October 2025
How breast cancer cells are like Venus flytraps
Ground-breaking research into breast cancer has unveiled the way healthy breast cells are lured to their demise inside cancerous cells – similar to the way a Venus flytrap lures its prey.
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26 September 2025
Ticked off: bite causes meat allergy
A bite from a tick can come with serious health complications. Cairns Hospital researchers have found some patients have developed a weird allergy to meat after being bitten.
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12 September 2025
Melioidosis outbreak findings unveiled at Research Symposium
A record-breaking melioidosis outbreak that claimed 15 lives in Cairns during the 2024-25 wet season unveils a startling connection to rainfall and a devastating toll on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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22 August 2025
Cairns Hospital researchers investigating ‘mite-y’ big problem
A striking health disparity between Cairns and Darwin has sparked a quest to unravel the mystery of scabies and its links to deadly diseases.
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