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Sarah Booth is a health reporter at the Herald Sun. She previously worked in the masthead’s digital team and on the breaking news round.

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Green time may be the antidote to screen time. For Kids News. istock image

Worrying reason why screen time is bad for kids

Each one minute of viewing for a three-year-old is linked to a loss of seven adult words, and five not spoken themselves, a new study has found.

Victoria

Generic stock image of a patient in a hospital bed. Picture: Getty

Vital signs of 58 patients, babies not checked before deaths

The vital signs of 58 patients across the country – including tiny babies – were not properly checked or responded to by nurses before their deaths, with an expert now questioning why.

Victoria

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Hampton Park clinic banned from surgeries amid probe

A women’s clinic banned by health authorities from performing surgeries amid fears it presents a “risk to patients”, claims it is being used as a scapegoat for the tragic death of a mum of two.

News

Melbourne man dies amid national Triple-0 outage

A Melbourne dad died while his family was trying to call an ambulance during a nationwide triple-0 “technical incident”.

Victoria

Pharmacist Nima Alavi supplied Essendon biochemist Stephen Dank.

Essendon drugs saga link to South Yarra pharmacy raid

A pharmacy linked to disgraced Essendon supplements scandal figure Nima Alavi has been busted allegedly cooking up illegal variations of celebrity weight loss drug Ozempic.

Victoria

Drug dealer selling ecstasy pills to a drug addict

Deadly opioid found in Melbourne party pills

At least one person is in hospital after a deadly opioid “100 times” more potent than heroin was found in Melbourne party pills.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: FEBRUARY 28 2024: At 12.50pm on Wednesday 28 February 2024, emergency services were called to a building on Castlereagh Street in the Sydney CBD, following reports of a person being shot. Officers from Sydney City Police Area Command attended and found a man believed to be suffering a gunshot wound. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Triple-0 calls unable to be connected after Telstra bungle

Telstra will urgently review its services after almost 150 triple-0 calls across the country could not be transferred to emergency services on Friday morning.

ExclusiveNews

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Phone numbers stolen in RACGP cyber security breach

Doctors’ phone numbers were among members’ details stolen by hackers in a cyber breach at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

ExclusiveVictoria

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The incredible health ‘weapon’ in humble broccoli

The discovery of a clot-busting chemical in an everyday green vegetable could help save lives.

Police & Courts

An empty COVID testing station at Goulburn Valley Health's Shepparton Hospital. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Nurse’s bizarre excuse to hide forged scripts

A Goulburn Valley Health nurse caught forging Xanax scripts tried to report a fake crime to police that his identity had been stolen in a bid to cover his tracks.

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