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Jackie SinnertonHealth and social issues reporter

Jackie Sinnerton is an award winning journalist in the area of health for The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail in Brisbane

Jackie Sinnerton

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Brain scans at the Monash Brain Park. 17/5/2023

Qld scientists’ shock revelation for everyone who’s had Covid

Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms.

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ExclusiveQLD News

WEEKEND PAPERS ONLY - Sam and Nick Jones with baby Charlie 2 months old in NICU at mater Mothers . Pic Annette Dew

360g newborn breaks Coke Can Kid’s 33-year-old record

Charlie Jones has defied medical expectations after being born at just 360 grams, becoming Queensland’s smallest surviving newborn.

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A smiling female sitting next to a pool with a tan line and sunburn on her back.

Horror sunscreen trend sparks fresh fears for younger Aussies

Australia is known for its harsh conditions but a horror new trend has doctors fearing the worst.

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Generic photo of an operating theatre in hospital. Picture: iStock

Is over 70 too old to be a practising doctor?

The Medical Board of Australia will support older doctors to keep practising over the age of 70 and they will not be put through proposed mandatory health checks.

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Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls, Parliament Question Time, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

New laws set to boost IVF and organ donation hopes

Queensland has passed important new laws that will help people start families using assisted reproductive technology, and to assist sick people in getting organ transplants.

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Edge of Tomorrow

Science fiction to fact: Futuristic exoskeletons get patients moving again

Scientists have developed revolutionary ankle-powered exoskeletons that could dramatically extend walking ability for people facing the devastating progression of motor neurone disease.

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ExclusiveAgeing

Project Director at Queensland Migrant WorkWise Rosa Sottile speaks about the shocking mistreatment of migrant workers in aged care homes. Picture Annette Dew

The secret slave trade caring for our elderly

Nurses have made shocking allegations of passports being confiscated and visa threats, forcing migrant aged care workers into unpaid overtime and double shifts.

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ExclusivePregnancy

Kerry Flanagan with her son Magnus Flanagan 2yr. Magnus had his left ear cut at birth during C Section at the Toowoomba Base Hospital. 4th December 2025, pic David Martinelli

Newborn’s ear cut, mum’s bladder slashed in C-section horrors

A baby and a mother cut during delivery, a woman told to eat broccoli for pre-eclampsia and a preventable baby death. These allegations have sparked a call for a top-level probe into a Qld hospital maternity unit.

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Alisha Wintour who will have a pay cut of $30,000 if government continues with the proposal to cut wages of radiation clinicians and nuclear scientists, pictured at home with her children. Picture Lachie Millard

‘We are not easily replaced’: Medics walk as $30k bonus cut

Cancer treatment specialists have threatened to quit Queensland after the state government moved to cut bonuses up to $30,000.

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ExclusiveGuides

Kettle boiling water could release nano plastics.

You’ll want to change your kettle due to this concerning discovery

Boiling the kettle for a morning cup of tea could be impacting you health and should come with a consumer warning, scientists say. See the concerning findings.

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