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03 September 2026
Rare double delight: Two sets of twins born across different days at Cairns Hospital
Two Far North Queensland women each welcomed twins with different birth dates during an extraordinary four-day stretch at Cairns Hospital, where nine sets of twins arrived in August alone.
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27 August 2026
New perinatal mental health service to launch in Cairns
An innovative new service will allow Cairns women experiencing severe perinatal mental health illness to receive hospital-level care from their own homes.
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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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