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Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Working with a government-backed dementia training provider could be a possibility for police after an officer fatally tasered a 95-year-old grandmother.

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Six cruisers evacuated from a hantavirus-stricken ship will arrive back in Australia ahead of a three-week quarantine under the watch of critical care staff.

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

The greatest risk of major depression for new mothers is two weeks after giving birth, a study has revealed, sparking calls for better screening and support.

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Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

The supervisor of an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman could have directed him to re-holster the weapon before he fired, an inquest has been told.

Thousands face tests over dentist HIV, hepatitis risks

Thousands face tests over dentist HIV, hepatitis risks

A retired dentist who treated thousands of patients over decades may have exposed them to serious bloodborne viruses such as HIV through poor infection control.

Rural leaders see budget shortfalls for health, roads

Rural leaders see budget shortfalls for health, roads

The federal budget was billed as the most ambitious and important in decades, but rural Australians say critical gaps outside the cities did not get a look-in.

French hantavirus patient on life support

French hantavirus patient on life support

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

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Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

More life-saving medications will be subsidised by the government as the federal budget outlines extra funding for price-controlled drugs.

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

A global effort led by an Australian university has changed the name of a women’s health condition that was wrongly believed to be all about ovarian cysts.

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Experts say the need for quarantine facilities will increase in the future, as Australian hantavirus cruise ship passengers make their way home.

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

To prevent the spread of a deadly virus, four citizens and a permanent resident returning from a plagued cruise will be placed in an official isolation centre.

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

A fourth Australian jurisdiction will provide free jabs to some teens for a rare but life-threatening disease as the push for national coverage marches on.

'Disregarded': how Medicare lets down rural patients

'Disregarded': how Medicare lets down rural patients

'Disregarded': how Medicare lets down rural patients

'Disregarded': how Medicare lets down rural patients

Australia's treasured Medicare system is not fit-for-purpose outside major cities, with rural patients disadvantaged and "invisible", an inquiry has been told.

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Australians have been urged to start conversations about end-of-life care as the nation's ageing population puts palliative care in the spotlight.

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A $3.5m doctor's claim at centre of a budget black hole

An ineffective and unchecked payment scheme for doctors who prop up the rural health system has led to a $1.3 billion budget blow out, an audit has found.

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

A couple who donated embryos that were mistakenly switched have claimed they are suffering psychiatric trauma in a lawsuit launched against a major IVF clinic.

Kid's cancer centre zeroes in on 'terrible disease'

Australia is opening its first centre focused solely on transforming the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with cancer.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain

Spain is allowing a cruise ship hit by hantavirus and three deaths to dock in the Canary Islands, as authorities investigate if transmission occurred on board.

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Gender-equality aid cuts failing females, report says

Foreign aid cuts by countries around the world are impacting gender-equality efforts and leaving women and girls more vulnerable, a report has found.

Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise

A cruise ship is marooned in the Atlantic Ocean with seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases on board, but authorities say the risk to the public is low.

Backlash over secret Senate hearing for tobacco giants

The federal government is asking what the coalition has to hide, after it was sprung offering a private hearing to tobacco giant Philip Morris.

Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches

Australia's leading health practitioners have outlined how dangerous the coming winter flu season could be if vaccination rates don't improve.

Excise cut could fuel violence, illicit cigs tsar says

Black market tobacco outweighs legal sales in Australia, but lowering the excise alone would not drive smokers off dodgy darts, Australian Border Force says.

Snoring leader buys restless leg syndrome device maker

Sleep apnoea company Resmed has acquired a California firm that makes a device for patients with restless leg syndrome, the third-biggest sleep disorder.

Revealed: amount of NDIS spending lost to fraud, misuse

About $3.7 billion is being lost annually from the NDIS through fraud or unintentional misuse of funds, the head of the scheme's fraud taskforce has warned.

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