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Kate Aubusson

Kate Aubusson

Kate Aubusson is Health Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

Analysis of the global burden of disease data found five commercial products are key factors in 31 per cent of all deaths annually.

The five everyday products linked to nearly one-third of all deaths globally

Researchers have uncovered three key strategies “health-harming” corporations use. And they’re straight from the tobacco playbook.

  • Kate Aubusson and Liam Mannix

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An Australian-first study has revealed bad sleep and problems at home are among the factors contributing to poor teenage health.

Revealed: The biggest predictors of depression, anxiety in teenagers

Bad sleep and trouble at home can set adolescents on a trajectory towards depression and anxiety, an Australian-first study reveals. But some things can help.

  • Kate Aubusson
Measles is often characterised by a rash that spreads across the body.

Revealed: Why measles is circulating undetected in Sydney

The highly contagious virus has been detected in three people whose infections could not be traced to known exposure sites and who had not recently travelled overseas.

  • Kate Aubusson
Iranian team support staffer Zahra Soltan Moshkehkar, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and player Mohaddeseh Zolfi, a 21-year-old forward, pictured in Brisbane on Tuesday night after they decided to seek asylum.

Fears Iran will milk return of player for propaganda, pressure on teammates

The other six women were whisked away to a different secure location after the young player called the Iranian embassy to come and collect her in Brisbane.

  • Matthew Knott, Brittany Busch and Kate Aubusson
Former Condell Park High School student Jad Salamah has reached a confidential settlement with the Department of Education after being banned from his school formal for wearing a keffiyeh-patterned scarf to his graduation.

Public schools signal ‘cultural’ Palestinian scarf can be worn following accusations of racism

Jad wore his family’s keffiyeh to graduation but that got him banned from his formal.

  • Kate Aubusson and Matthew Knott
Suzanne Lang said she did not feel comfortable placing her trust in a commercial provider that stood to benefit financially from her going through with the procedure.

Suzanne froze her eggs – then a calculator gave her a reality check

Australia’s first independent egg-freezing calculator will give women realistic and evidence-based advice about their own chances of having a baby.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
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Mould uncovered at Sydney’s RPA Hospital.

‘Ongoing pigeon problem’: Hospital review finds 112 maintenance faults

The NSW government’s snap review comes after health workers raised patient safety concerns over fungus, mould and pigeon infestations.

  • Kate Aubusson
Matthew Large and Pramudie Gunaratne

The Sydney hospitals where nurses are expected to be prison guards

Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons, a senior psychiatrist says, as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.

  • Kate Aubusson
Both nurses had been suspended from work at Cumberland Hospital before their deaths in 2020.

The troubled Sydney hospital where men escaped before alleged stabbing, deadly crash

Urgent reviews have been launched after two men absconded from involuntary care at the state’s largest mental health facility, but staff fear being made scapegoats.

  • Kate Aubusson
Lyn Barker is immune-compromised, which puts her at higher risk of antimicrobial-resistant infections.

Superbugs deaths are rising: This ‘Netflix-style’ subscription could turn the tide

About 100 Australians die every week from a superbug infection, with newborn babies and the critically ill being at greatest risk of the rising threat.

  • Kate Aubusson