Brain cancer sufferer’s legacy
AFTER he was given a year to live, Aaron made his final days matter, not so much for himself, but for the children he knew suffered the same affliction.
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Slip, slop, slap is as iconic as the Aussie meat pie but new research shows parents should be adding sunglasses to the sun protection regime.
Cruel cancer killers we forgot
WE’VE nailed breast and skin cancers, but survival rates are shockingly low for Australia’s ‘forgotten’ cancers.
Trial for Aussie cancer ‘magic bullet’
IN a world first, Australian researchers are about to trial a new drug that may give promise to sufferers of the deadly asbestos-caused mesothelioma.
Vaccine cut will kill a baby
LOCAL councils on the state’s far north coast are pleading “special case status” to exempt them from the state government’s axing of free whooping cough vaccines for mothers.
Kids still dying as paper is shuffled
“I WAKE up in the morning and I dread going to work.” DOCS workers reveal a department in crisis, despite reforms meant to increase visits.
AVN bars doctor’s posts on website
THE Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) is again under fire for publishing “misleading, dangerous and wrong information”, this time about tetanus.
Ignoring danger puts 100 kids at chickenpox risk
MORE than 100 children have been hospitalised suffering severe complications of chickenpox, with alarmingly low rates of vaccination against the disease blamed.
New vaccines will save your children
PARENTS are being urged to check children are up to date with their shots because the vaccination schedule will be expanded to include two meningitis vaccines come July 1.
Workers risking children’s lives
CHILDCARE workers should face mandatory vaccination off the back of new laws requiring children to show proof of vaccination before enrollment.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/jane-hansen/page/120