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NSW new single Digital Patient Record system now live across the Hunter New England Local Health District
Stronger sunscreen rules needed to restore confidence and protect Australians
RACGP lauds NSW Govt’s expansion of FluMist eligibility to teens
Global health leaders reaffirm commitment to Immunization Agenda 2030
Victoria University Opens New Research Building
Nurses and midwives backpay payments commence following historic pay increase
Confirmed Death From Diphtheria In NT
NSW new nurses and midwives backpay payments commence following historic pay increase
More of your Stories: ‘The NDIS makes ordinary life possible for me’
Chronic illness linked to hardship – study
World Health Assembly endorses resolution on precision medicine
New research project to strengthen suicide prevention in rail transport
Leadership Course For Research Group Leaders Completed
WA Health boosts vaccination response amid regional diphtheria outbreak
World must ‘double down on delivery’ for global road safety, says WHO
WHO and African Medicines Agency launch landmark framework to strengthen access to quality-assured health products in Africa
Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over just 3 years due to healthcare burden, managing symptoms and loss…
Four in five young Australians are buying illegal cigarettes in plain sight 
AMA President’s update: Specialist fees, digital health, diphtheria, and more
Why diphtheria, whooping cough and measles have come back in Australia
Good Health Is Our Greatest Gift
$7.2 Million Response Package To Diphtheria Outbreak
One in three NSW public hospital doctors ready to walk over excessive hours
The TB Vaccine Accelerator Council meets for the fourth time
Recycling excreta as fertilizer in Kenya transforms ‘disgusting’ to ‘beautiful’
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly honours global champions advancing primary health care
Meningococcal Case 20 May 2026
Lowest Smoking Rates On Record
Queensland Government delivers world-class healthcare for Greater Springfield
Ministry of Health monitoring Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda
We’ve Bat-ted Higher Than Average – Wollongong
Diphtheria outbreaks a reminder to stay up to date with vaccination
Immunology center announces 2026 multidisciplinary seed grant recipients
Self-censorship, more stress, tougher recruiting – we asked US researchers how the Trump administration’s science policies have affected them
Short exposures to common air pollutants shown to have distinct impacts on lung function and brain activity
What You Need To Know About Ebolaviruses
Government blindly cuts to save skin – Willis’s plan clearly hasn’t worked
Adelaide tobacco retailers on notice with continued enforcement
Progress gets concrete with first major pour at new hospital
AI-empowered wearable rehabilitation device: PolyU develops closed-loop sensory wristband to enable personalised rehabilitation for stroke patients
What’s the risk of infection from manicures and pedicures?
Start Your Midwifery Career With NSW Health 19 May
Community-based Baby Hip Screening Success
Ebola outbreak in DRC compounded by aid cuts
Contaminated illicit alcohol sold at licensed bottle shops: new study
Monash University and Suzhou Industrial Park renew five-year partnership for scientific excellence in the presence of Her Excellency the Governor of Victoria
Contaminated illicit alcohol being sold to unsuspecting customers at licensed bottle shops, study reveals
Drug shortages continue to be a problem in the UK – yet strengthening supply chains alone won’t solve this issue

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