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It's been 20 years since Australian researchers created the
world's first vaccine developed specifically to prevent cancer.
Thanks to the HPV vaccine, Australia is on track to become
one of the first nations in the world to eliminate cervical cancer.
Now, research led by scientists Down Under has made another
breakthrough – this time for skin cancer.
The first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine has now succeeded
in a phase 3 clinical trial, reducing the risk of melanoma returning or causing
death by 42 percent compared with standard immunotherapy alone.
The results are even
better than scientists were expecting.
The global principal investigator, medical oncologist
Georgina Long from Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA), presented the results at
the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2026.
They are set to be published in the New England Journal
of Medicine.
This fact was evident to me when I attended MAGA rallies in three states on Oct. 24-25, 2026. One was a Turning Point USA get-out-the-vote event outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Along with a few dozen America First stalwarts wearing white “America the Beautiful” caps, I sat on a wooden table under a small picnic pavilion listening to speakers such as MAGA activist Scott Presler and Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser. Meuser reeled off MAGA talking points, including the supposed threat posed by transgender athletes and bathroom use, immigrant voter fraud and the “billionaire anarchist George Soros.”
Remarkably, the speakers barely mentioned Trump. The audience clapped politely, but the energy was tepid compared to the many MAGA rallies I attended in 2024, when the Pennsylvania landscape was dotted with Trump and MAGA signs. This time I saw none.
Based on my research, I see three key reasons some voters still back him. Meuser stressed all three at the Harrisburg rally as he warned of “lunatic” left socialism while extolling the Trump administration’s track record, including the immigration crackdown.
