Spotting viruses: how laboratories detect measles
Only five years after the World Health Organisation declared measles eradicated in Australia, the disease has re-emerged, with 92 confirmed cases of the condition reported across Australia to April th
How are blood cancers diagnosed?
Blood cancer accounts for around 10% of all cancers diagnosed each year with around 35 Australians diagnosed each day with a blood cancer.
‘Blood cancer is the third biggest cause of cancer death
The Newborn Screening test that saved a twin
The Newborn Screening test (NBS), also known as the ‘Guthrie’ or ‘heel prick’ test, has been around since 1962, and will be familiar to most parents.
It’s the test where blood is drawn fr
What is malaria and how to test for it
What is malaria?
Malaria is an infectious disease spread by plasmodium parasites that enter the bloodstream, usually as the result of a mosquito bite, although very rarely it may be contracted thro
Comedian Michael Shafar visits pathology lab that diagnosed his cancer
Everything was going well for Michael Shafar in 2017. He sold out his first comedy show Jewish-ish at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and in January 2017 landed a job as a comedy writer for channel
People in Pathology: Kylie Douglas, phlebotomist
People may have heard the term phlebotomist for the first time after watching the American version of the reality television show The Bachelor – contestant Tayshia Adams slugging it out for the ‘p
