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  • Australia nurse

    Queensland unions predict ‘hell of a bloody fight’ if LNP attacks nurses’ right to strike

    State government offered to backdate wages for nurses and midwives on condition they do not undertake protected industrial action in May
  • Barnaby Joyce

    Barnaby Joyce to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer

  • A woman uses a single-use vaping product

    Coalition plan to make vapes more widely available ‘exactly what big tobacco wants’, health experts warn

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    People with endometriosis more likely to experience early menopause, study finds

  • Members of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation rally in January 2025 amid a pay dispute between psychiatrists and the NSW government

    Psychiatrists warn new mental health unit at Westmead could be an ‘empty shell’ as workforce dispute drags on

  • Close up on Spravato nasal spray

    Nasal spray similar to ketamine to be added to PBS for treatment-resistant depression

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Key issues

  • Illustrations of capsules in the shape of a brain

    ‘A pill for every ill’: doctors say Australia overprescribing antidepressants to mask toxic social conditions

  • An illustration of a person climbing a hill of pills towards a light at the top

    We asked readers about taking antidepressants. The response points to a ‘silent epidemic’ and urgent need for reform

    Out of 776 responders to our callout, 711 say they experienced withdrawal symptoms, many debilitating
  • Pokies machines

    ‘I had a full-blown relapse’: woman allowed into Victorian pokies clubs despite self-excluding from gambling

    Bree Hughes says state’s safeguards to curb gambling are a ‘joke’ after she realised very few venues checked if she was on the self-excluding list
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Antiviral

  • Natasha May

    Stressed out and wondering if a ‘cortisol detox’ can help? Not so fast

    Natasha May
  • Donna Lu

    Shilajit: male influencers claim it boosts testosterone and libido, but what does the science say?

    Donna Lu
  • Natasha May

    NAD boosters: Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber are into them, but do they actually stop ageing?

    Natasha May
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Opinion

  • Victorian health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas

    ‘We must be alert to complacency’: inside Victoria’s push to extend abortion access

  • ‘She’s just my special friend, the love of my life, my soul mate’: Don and Marjorie Cameron at home in Raymond Terrace

    ‘I could never, ever not care for her’: how do carers know when to stop caring for those they love?

    • An ankle X-ray is examined at the Maroubra Medicare urgent care clinic in Sydney

      Medicare urgent care clinics: are they Australian healthcare’s saviour or just a Band-Aid solution?

    • Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton

      The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically

    • Dr Richard Scolyer poses for a portrait before taking part in the weekly Greenway Park Run . Sydney. Australia

      ‘I feel very touched’: as his brain cancer recurs, Richard Scolyer finds solace in family, friends and running

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Science

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    Newborns treated with antibiotics respond less well to vaccines, study shows

    An Australian study found that babies with early exposure to antibiotics had lower levels of antibodies against jabs in later infancy
  • Image of the type of mushrooms that FOODiQ will attempt to grow in space.

    ‘Perfect space crop’: Australian company to attempt to grow first mushrooms in orbit

  • Several exquisitely detailed fossil fish discovered in central New South Wales – video

  • ‘It’s a history lesson’: fossil fish up to 16m years old found perfectly preserved in central NSW

  • Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather

  • More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years

  • Bacteria transferred during intercourse could help identify sexual assault perpetrators, scientists say

  • Australian oysters’ blood could hold key to fighting drug-resistant superbugs, researchers find

  • Cockney influences found in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, says expert

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Multimedia

  • 'Our health system is broken': hospital doctors on three-day strike in NSW – video

  • Health minister responds to reports of social media video appearing to show two hospital workers claiming they refuse to treat Israeli patients
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    Two NSW nurses stood down after video appears to show they would 'kill' Israeli patients – video

    Health minister responds to reports of social media video appearing to show two hospital workers claiming they refuse to treat Israeli patients
  • Matilda Boseley explains how commercial-scale cooling can cause deadly outbreaks of legionnaires' disease
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    How office buildings, factories and shopping centres can cause legionnaires' outbreaks – video

    Matilda Boseley explains how commercial-scale cooling can cause deadly outbreaks of legionnaires' disease
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