1+ day, 13+ min ago   (342+ words) The sea lion died while recovering from a shark attack, making this the state’s fourth mammal species to contract H5 bird flu. South Australian authorities have confirmed the first case of bird flu in a sea lion found at a nearby…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (369+ words) A whale that was found washed up on a South Australian beach is to be tested for the deadly H5 bird flu strain. A juvenile whale that has washed up on a South Australian beach is set to be tested for…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (657+ words) Labor has flagged a set of sweeping new measures as part of its crackdown on illegal tobacco, as calls for an excise cut grow. Australia’s ability to disrupt the supply chain of illicit tobacco will be bolstered under new reforms,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (647+ words) A huge shake-up will allow people with chronic illnesses to bypass the usual GP clinic wait times and seek treatment here. People in NSW will be able to skirt around the usual GP clinic wait times to seek treatment for…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1173+ words) A $1.2 million experimental treatment killed a six-year-old girl – and her death was hidden while scientists published findings claiming the therapy worked. There’s an international race to find ways to rewrite the DNA of children. But they’re getting killed in the…...

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1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1056+ words) A coroner has found a six-year-old boy died of a disease that baffled his doctors as it had been virtually eradicated for two centuries. A Queensland boy died from a disease so rare that it has barely been thought about…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (696+ words) NSW will fund drug testing at selected music festivals after a trial found the service helped reduce harm and reach young people before drug use. NSW will roll out drug checking at selected music festivals from October after a trial…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (903+ words) A 25-year-old has exposed the brutal reality of navigating the health system, revealing the desperate tactics she uses while being priced out of vital care. There is a huge grief that comes with knowing there is something “wrong” with you…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (961+ words) A vaccine-preventable disease that had been “eradicated” just a few years ago is sweeping across the United States and causing devastation. The baby boy died in agony. He had experienced a “traumatic rupture” of the spleen. Its enlargement is associated…...