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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

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Tiffany Mather’s baby, Taylen, now 14 months, contracted measles on a flight home from Bali.

Taylen came back from Bali with a sniffle. Then things got much worse

NSW is on track to record its highest number of measles cases in a decade if transmission of the highly contagious disease is not contained.

  • Angus Thomson
Dr Marianne Gale was announced as Queensland’s next chief health officer in October last year.

Winter is coming, and Qld’s new top doctor has set her sights on shielding the state

Dr Marianne Gale knows a thing or two about preventable diseases. And now she’s on a mission to combat an illness that floored 95,000 Queenslanders last year alone.

  • Courtney Kruk
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Having an anti-vaxxer in charge of America’s health system has been one of the factors hitting CSL’s performance.

How RFK, China and leadership woes became a $4b storm for this Australian corporate giant

CSL’s share price has now halved in 18 months, shredding more than $70 billion of shareholder wealth after the latest writedowns and operational struggles. 

  • Colin Kruger
Councils were blindsided with a $6000 annual fee to use the records system, plus a $2 charge for every jab administered.

Funding cut put Victoria’s vaccine database at risk

Pulled funding, new fees and a council revolt: internal documents reveal how Victoria’s childhood vaccination database was at risk of collapse.

  • Rachel Eddie
Dodging the rules.

Vaccine cheats are a threat to Australia’s public health

A new investigation reveals how anti-vaccination parents are oblivious or disbelieving of the harm they could visit on children.

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Catherine Huges.

Parents are paying $2500 to falsify vaccine records. It’s endangering babies like Riley

Australian parents are boasting about paying anti-vaccine nurses to falsify Medicare records of their children, putting lives at risk, an investigation has revealed.

  • Kayla Olaya
A structural collapse at Toll’s Richlands warehouse has disrupted vaccination supply across Queensland.

Fears over vaccine rollout after collapse keeps state’s storage facility shut

Structural damage to a Brisbane Toll warehouse has forced the closure of the only facility used by Queensland Health to store the state’s vaccines.

  • Courtney Kruk
Melissa Mack is among a growing number of younger Australians who have had shingles.

‘Unrelenting’: More young people are suffering from this painful condition. No one knows why

Shingles is commonly thought of as an older person’s disease. Health experts are puzzled as to what is causing a rise in cases among younger Australians.

  • Henrietta Cook
Measles is often characterised by a rash that spreads across the body.

Measles risk rises for Sydney as more cases detected

Health authorities have listed exposure locations and warned people to monitor for symptoms after 11 cases were diagnosed in three weeks.

  • Kate Aubusson