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Drug-resistant ‘gonorrhoea superbugs’ are spreading across Sydney
Health authorities are growing concerned about the limited effectiveness of antibiotics to treat the common sexually transmitted infection.
- Angus Thomson
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The 30 lifestyle factors linked to almost 40 per cent of all new cancer cases
Andrew Camfield rarely wore sunscreen growing up on Sydney’s beaches. After several cancer scares and years of treatment, this is what he does now.
- Angus Thomson
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Trump has abandoned the WHO. Now India and China are moving in
At the World Health Organisation’s global summit in New Delhi last month, traditional medicine practitioners joined with scientists and government ministers.
- Maeve Cullinan
What to know about the deadly Nipah virus as outbreak hits India
Airports in South-East Asia are on alert after an outbreak of the disease, which has a 40 to 70 per cent fatality rate.
- Sammy Westfall
The simple fix that is saving the lives of very young children from drowning
Jagnoor Jagnoor has been key to reducing drowning rates in parts of the world where shocking numbers of children die every year.
- Julie Power
The number of infections that could make or break the next bird flu pandemic
There’s a specific number of cases that marks the point of no return, according to a new study. You can count them on your fingers.
- Angus Dalton
Junta airstrikes on Myanmar hospital kill at least 33
The hit could be the deadliest on a hospital in almost five years of Myanmar civil war.
- Zach Hope
The married scientists torn apart by a COVID bioweapon theory
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the US, aided by allies of Donald Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of COVID-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
- Katie J.M. Baker
The WHO endorses Ozempic and other GLP-1s for obesity. Australia’s PBS doesn’t
The WHO’s announcement came hours after Australia released a safety alert over the potential risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours for people using the medicines.
- Kate Aubusson