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Premier grilled after drug injecting room report leak

Premier grilled after drug injecting room report leak

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan insists there is a sense of urgency to addressing Melbourne CBD drug overdoses despite keeping a key report secret.

'Forever chemicals' exceed guidelines in water sources

'Forever chemicals' exceed guidelines in water sources

'Forever chemicals' exceed guidelines in water sources

'Forever chemicals' exceed guidelines in water sources

A study looking at 'forever chemicals' reveals concerns the chemicals commonly found in household appliances are rising in source water around the world.

Dumping and dirty sites could be asbestos mulch cause

Dumping and dirty sites could be asbestos mulch cause

Dumping and dirty sites could be asbestos mulch cause

Dumping and dirty sites could be asbestos mulch cause

Victoria's environmental regulator confirms asbestos fragments have been found at six Melbourne parks, but does not believe mulch producers are to blame.

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Pregnant, young and ignored by a system meant to care

Pregnant, young and ignored by a system meant to care

Women who gave birth in their teens and early 20s have told a NSW birth trauma inquiry their catastrophic health conditions were overlooked due to their age.

Street drugs to be tested for purity, harmful additives

Street drugs to be tested for purity, harmful additives

Illicit drugs will be tested for their purity and mix of substances in an inner-city program that will provide detailed analysis to users.

Regional ambulance mechanics go on 'historic' strike

Regional ambulance mechanics go on 'historic' strike

Regional Victorian ambulance stations will be without their mechanics as workers go on strike for better pay conditions.

Refugee kids flourish with targeted health diagnoses

Refugee kids flourish with targeted health diagnoses

A children's wellbeing program run out of a clinic in Melbourne is helping to put refugee parents at ease as their kids deal with developmental delays.

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From friends to folk music: how to keep a rural doctor

From friends to folk music: how to keep a rural doctor

From friends to folk music: how to keep a rural doctor

From friends to folk music: how to keep a rural doctor

The retention of rural doctors has long been an elusive problem, but new research has found social, professional and community connections are critical.

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

Hundreds test drugs at Easter weekend music festival

A voluntary drug testing facility has detected high-risk synthetic substances passed off as other drugs at an Easter weekend music festival.

Travel company and school charged after student's death

Travel company and school charged after student's death

Travel company and school charged after student's death

Travel company and school charged after student's death

The death of a 16-year-old student on a school trip to Vietnam has resulted in WorkSafe laying charges against a travel company and his school.

Industrial pioneers get $20m to turn science into jobs

Industrial pioneers get $20m to turn science into jobs

Industrial pioneers get $20m to turn science into jobs

Industrial pioneers get $20m to turn science into jobs

Founders of future industries will vie for a share of $20 million to take their ideas to the next level under funding certainty for CSIRO's flagship program.

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

South Australia recorded its second-worst month for ambulance ramping in March but one hospital is bucking the trend to show a way out of the crisis.

'First step' to improve lives of autistic Australians

'First step' to improve lives of autistic Australians

'First step' to improve lives of autistic Australians

'First step' to improve lives of autistic Australians

The federal government has released a draft national autism strategy centred on improving economic and social inclusion as well as the experience of diagnosis.

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Rheumatic Heart Disease is a preventable condition that disproportionately affects First Nations people. The Deadly Heart Trek wants to help eliminate it.

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Measles alert issued for western Sydney

NSW Health is advising people in Western Sydney to be on the lookout for measles symptoms after a woman was diagnosed with the illness.

One dead, another in ICU after drug overdose

One woman has died and a second is in a critical condition after overdosing in Queensland's southeast.

Thomas Randle's drive to save people from cancer

Four years on from his cancer diagnosis, Supercars driver Thomas Randle is using his passion for motorsport to encourage people to get checked for the disease.

Crowds shell out for seafood as Easter egg prices crack

Australians have flocked to fish markets for the traditional Good Friday shopping spree but cheaper species are expected to be high on the menu this year.

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Health experts push for less junk in advertising

Australia's peak medical body has called on the federal government to enact tougher laws to ban online junk food ads targeting children.

Overdue surgery list slashed but COVID hangover lingers

A NSW overhaul of elective surgeries has cut the waiting list for overdue procedures but doctors fear the progress is unsustainable due to budget cuts.

Omicron linked to more long COVID-19 cases: study

Long COVID-19 cases may have increased with the Omicron variant, with a study finding almost one in five people suffering symptoms months after diagnosis.

National centre to tackle gender inequity in medicine

A new national research centre will challenge Australia's predominantly male-centric approach to medical care to deliver better health outcomes for all.

Abortion decriminalised in WA amid sweeping reforms

Western Australia’s new abortion laws have come into effect, decriminalising the procedure and cementing access to improved healthcare for women.

SA health system in bad shape as elective surgeries cut

Elective surgeries have been cancelled across Adelaide as hospitals battle a shortage of beds and record ambulance ramping.

Missed opportunities led to mum's 'preventable' death

Several missteps in the treatment of a young mother by hospital staff and paramedics led to her "preventable" death from endocarditis, a coroner has found.

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