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LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
This is unacceptably high and we need targeted solutions.
The pioneering US health reformer and breakfast cereal inventor introduced plant-based meat substitutes to the public.
Do you get a throbbing pain on both sides of your head after strenuous exercise? Here’s what might be happening.
Retailers have a three-month grace period to sell any old stock already in their stores. Here’s what’s behind these changes – and what needs to happen next.
The culprit behind the recalls is ‘shiga-toxin-producing E. coli’. What do you need to know about this bacterium?
White snus is gaining popularity fast, but its long-term health effects are still unknown
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
Measles is on the rise globally. We need to step up vaccination rates.
Infection with Australian bat lyssavirus is serious but extraordinarily rare, and there are effective treatments. So there’s no need to panic.
The cap on Medicare subsidised psychology sessions rose to 20 during COVID. But there are better ways to achieve the program’s aims.
A BBC investigation questioned the accuracy of rapid PSA home tests for prostate health.
Enemas are medical procedures, not a form of self-care.
Hunger is setting in for Alone Australia contestants. Here’s what’s going on in the body and the mind.
A new review shows bed rest is unlikely to help your back pain. The treatments that work can depend on how long your pain has lasted.
A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on HIV. Here’s what the researchers found.
60-day scrips can mean fewer trips to the pharmacist and lower costs. But only one in five eligible scripts are for a 60-day supply. Here’s what’s going wrong.
Eating yoghurt may help protect against bowel cancer by modifying the natural bacteria that live in the gut.
From ‘hot potato voice’ to ‘milky leg syndrome’, hundreds of medical conditions are named after food.
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