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Australia news live: flood warnings as storm batters NSW; train passengers told to avoid non-essential travel

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Australia’s life expectancy gap narrows but men in disadvantaged areas dying almost seven years earlier

6h ago

Births in England and Wales increase for first time since 2021

6h ago

What is Batten disease and why did the B.C. government cut off coverage for a nine-year-old girl?

The Vancouver Sun

8h ago

Women and babies could die due to midwife cuts at Sydney’s RPA hospital, staff warn

15h ago

NHS repeatedly failing in care of stroke patients, watchdog says

17h ago

Australia news live: NSW coast braced for low; Greens welcome investigation into Hannah Thomas incident

Mon

Nearly 12 million people would lose health insurance under Senate GOP bill

Mon 2m read

NIH budget cuts affect research funding beyond US borders

Mon 2m read

Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions

Mon

Four key changes could save the NDIS, new Grattan report says, but advocates worried children left out

Mon

People having IVF should get time off work for appointments, say UK campaigners

Mon

NHS will use AI in warning system to catch potential safety scandals early

Sun

Dick Van Dyke Pulls Out Of Malibu Fan Event Amid “Bad Day” At 99

Sun 2m read

Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis

Sun

Downing St has a radical change in mind for the NHS: shifting its focus from treatment to prevention

Sun

Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Sun

Top public servant urges ‘more doing, less reviewing’ after 70 inquiries in Labor’s first term, FoI papers reveal

Sun

Who is in charge at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

Sun

Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%

Sun

Paul Simon Cancels 2 Shows To Undergo “Minor Surgical Procedure” For Back Pain

Sun 2m read

NHS hospital funding in England could be tied to patient satisfaction

Sat

NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

Sat

SCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully covered

Fri 2m read

WHO still seeking COVID-19 origin, says all scenarios ‘remain on the table’

Fri 5m read

Interior Health CEO steps down after closure of Kelowna's pediatric unit

The Vancouver Sun

Fri

Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract

Fri 2m read

‘Time is critical’: Ontario charity warning about deadly outbreak impacting dogs

Fri 4m read

Smoking, drinking too much and being overweight ‘puts one in 50 adults in England at risk of early death’

Fri

Australians with ADHD could face drug shortages for rest of year, TGA says

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 2m read

People dying early of cancer costs UK economy £10.3bn a year, study finds

Thu

Woman leaves Manitoba to receive more timely cancer care

Thu 4m read

RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

Thu 2m read

Australia news live: white supremacist organisation reportedly listed as terror group; fatal stabbing of Sydney man investigated

Thu

One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds

Thu

RFK Jr’s federal vaccine panel votes against chemical in flu vaccines

Thu

US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel: ‘Truly an embarrassment’

Thu

RFK Jr will be ‘personally responsible’ for children’s deaths by halting vaccine alliance funding, experts say

Thu

NSW politicians say cannabis decriminalisation inevitable after report points to unequal system

Thu

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

Thu

Test developed to identify women at increased risk of miscarriage

Thu

How we're killing our microbiome and kimchi alone won't save it – video

Thu

Keir Starmer confirms No 10 is offering concessions to Labour welfare rebels

Thu

Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows

Thu

All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

Wed 2m read

Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems

Wed

Australia news live: Anglicare calls for urgent action on energy debt; banks predict rate cuts in July

Wed

Opioid deaths in Canada fell 17% but 20 people still died per day in 2024

Wed 5m read

Member of RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel withdraws over conflict of interest

Wed

Scientists criticise cut in UK funding for global vaccination group

Wed

RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine panel holds first meeting amid controversy

Wed

Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities

Wed

Nearly 100,000 adults in England denied state-funded social care due to cuts

Wed

Check this list to see if you were exposed to measles in B.C. this month

The Vancouver Sun

Wed

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author

Tue

Autoimmune disease may almost double risk of mental ill health, study suggests

Tue

Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison

Tue

RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing

Tue

News live: stranded Australians flown out of Israel, Marles plays down chance of Trump meeting at Nato summit

Tue

CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting

Tue 2m read

‘Tricky ethical space’: endometriosis centre funded by family with links to poker machine giant divides experts

Tue

Queensland state budget 2025: five key takeaways

Tue

Queensland state budget 2025: LNP to boost spending and hire more frontline staff as debt projected to top $200bn

Tue

Australia news live: Mike Pezzullo’s Iran warning; budget day in NSW, Queensland and ACT

Jun 23

Abortions in the US are on the rise three years after Roe v Wade was overturned

Jun 23

Republican senators’ proposed Medicaid cuts threaten to send red states ‘backwards’

Jun 23

Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services

Jun 23

Governments are leaving ‘heavy lifting’ on Closing the Gap to underresourced Aboriginal groups, review finds

Jun 23

Majority of children will be overweight or obese in nine areas of England by 2035, study shows

Jun 23

NHS begins mass rollout of weight-loss jabs to patients in England

Jun 22

Domestic abuse is ‘public health emergency’, experts say after critical NHS report

Jun 22

Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode

Jun 22

Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

Jun 22

News live: nearly 4,000 Australians trying to evacuate Israel and Iran, Marles says; body found in search for missing man in NSW

Jun 21

Key RFK Jr advisers stand to profit from a new federal health initiative

Jun 21

As a heatwave approaches, experts say US sunscreens are less effective than those abroad

Jun 21

Aqua lungs: how Rod Stewart’s underwater swimming may help his singing

Jun 21

Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

Jun 21

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years

Jun 20

Quebec issues warning about diseases from ticks, mosquitoes

Jun 20 1m read

Man’s health crashes after getting donated kidney—it was riddled with worms

Jun 20 3m read

One in three overdue for cervical cancer screening across UK

Jun 20

Psychiatrist body holds firm on 25% pay bid but NSW Health says shortages are ‘more nuanced’

Jun 20

B.C. hospital overwhelmed by mentally ill offenders: report

The Vancouver Sun

Jun 20

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Jun 20 2m read

Overseas-trained doctors ‘put off UK due to cost of living and low salaries’

Jun 20

Two Leeds hospitals’ maternity services rated inadequate over safety risks

Jun 20

Australia news live: Penny Wong announces suspension of Tehran embassy and orders officials to leave Iran amid ‘deteriorating security environment’

Jun 19

NSW budget unlikely to allocate extra funding for long-promised great koala national park

Jun 19

Deadly US listeria outbreak linked to chicken dishes at Kroger and Walmart

Jun 19

Blue Labour leader Dan Carden to vote against assisted dying bill

Jun 19

New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs

Jun 19

UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Jun 19

UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’

Jun 19

Alberta Indigenous leaders feel ‘slighted’ by Bill C-5

Jun 19 4m read

Drug coverage to be discontinued for Vancouver Island girl with fatal condition

The Vancouver Sun

Jun 18

Australia news live: Iran calls on ‘friendly’ Australia to condemn Israel; Watt holds summit to rewrite environment laws

Jun 18

After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate

Jun 18 2m read

Woss man sent by taxi to Victoria hospital — a $2,148 round-trip fare

The Vancouver Sun

Jun 18