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Hi, over there. It’s Monday, July 18th and you’re reading The Loop, today’s news summary. Brisbane-based banking and insurance company Suncorp has accepted ANZ’s $4.9 billion offer to take over its banking operations — but the deal will take at least 12 months before the deal is finalized, and has several hurdles to work through in the meantime. ANZ is now tasked with raising an additional $3.5 billion in funds to pay for the deal, and will need approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Queensland State Financial Institutions and the Metway Incorporation laws also need to be amended for the takeover to proceed. Provided the deal gets the green light, it would make ANZ Australia’s third-largest bank for home loans, according to analysis from RateCity (using APRA data). The next step is for ANZ to submit a merger authorization application to the ACCC, which is expected to be received by the re...

by Alex Whiting HPV prevention and vaccines help reduce the number of women dying from cervical cancer but new portable screening tools and new types of laboratory tests will improve early diagnosis and treatment of the disease. New advances in cervical cancer screening — the fourth most common cancer among women — have the potential to save many women’s lives, their developers say. While outcomes for women with cervical cancer have improved overall in recent years, the mortality rate from the disease is still too high. Despite the fact that cervical cancer is highly treatable if diagnosed early enough, more than 340,000 women died from the disease in 2020. The majority of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries where women often have limited access to screening services, according to the World Health Organization. Even when women are tested, there may be a delay of several months before they get the results and, if they test positive, another delay before they receive t...