Aussie medical breakthrough stuns world
Melbourne researchers are behind a groundbreaking world-first discovery that will revolutionise the medicine, but controversy is already brewing.
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Disgraced CEO’s baby bombshell
The disgraced Theranos founder’s $900 million fraud trial is facing another delay after Elizabeth Holmes revealed something unexpected.
Warning over YouTube vaping videos
More potent cannabis combined with a “novel method of administration” is being introduced to kids online.
Human trials to start for brain cancer drug
The drug candidate aims to treat an aggressive type of brain cancer that kills 95 per cent of patients within five years.
WHO team zeroes in on key Wuhan target
A World Health Organisation team has started its probe in China, and one location could be at the heart of what everyone wants to know.
How your sewage is being tested for virus
Health authorities have shown how they test wastewater to find COVID-19 lurking in the community – and they can even narrow it down by suburb.
Cannabis can kill superbugs: Scientists
A scientific breakthrough could mean antibiotic-resistant infections such as gonorrhoea are treated by this largely illicit drug.
New test to predict mood disorders
The world’s first blood test to accurately predict mood disorders in people has been developed by Australian scientists.
The three vaccines Australia is relying on
There are three vaccine options Australia has secured to tackle COVID-19. This is how long it will take for them to become available.
‘Huge challenge’ to beat the virus
Our vaccines won’t arrive for three months, but there’s another problem with our ticket out of lockdown that two out of three people will need to overcome.
State most opposed to vaccine
Most Aussies are willing to submit themselves to a coronavirus jab, but one state is more opposed to it than others, a new survey reveals.
Urgent virus warning for numerous venues
Anyone who visited a few sites in Sydney this week is considered a close contact of the latest virus scare.
Big spike in people catching bird infection
Victorian health authorities have issued an alert after a spike in humans catching a rare lung infection from wild birds while gardening or mowing the lawn.
Get jab or ‘go to heaven early’: expert
An infectious disease expert has appeared on radio to make a very strong argument for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Horror outcome from eating old sushi
A woman battled hallucinations and incontinence for months after she ate old sushi from a servo with doctors finally finding the cause.
Swimming risk at Melbourne beaches
Melburnians keen to head to the beach as the weather warms up are being cautioned due to one consequence of La Nina.
‘Sex robots’ could help lonely seniors
A bioethicist in the US has argued “sex robots” could be the key to restoring and maintaining the human dignity of older people.
Key to why kids don’t get COVID revealed
It’s long baffled the experts: why don’t children appear to contract or spread coronavirus? New Aussie research may have the answer.
Would you like this chip in you?
A surprising amount of Aussies are totally cool with having a microchip implanted in their body, according to a new report.
Students’ drug trend ‘not trivial’
University students are turning to prescription and illegal drugs to cope with the pressures of studying and exams, according to a new report.
‘Two days supply’: Urgent call for donors
An urgent appeal has been issued for thousands of extra Aussies to donate blood, with only two days supply left of the most common types.
Surprising group our biggest drinkers
Most people would tell you hard-partying young people are the biggest drinkers but that’s because they haven’t read this article yet.
Dan’s new $550m national health project
Daniel Andrews has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by announcing a major health project that will be the biggest of its kind in the region.
Trump’s fiery rant over vaccine news
US President Donald Trump has gone on a Twitter storm, making wild claims that news of a potential coronavirus vaccine was delayed until after the election.
Dire warning over virus vaccine
The woman heading up the UK’s search for a vaccine has sounded a warning about the mammoth task “no one has ever done”.
Catching COVID could lower your IQ
No one wants to catch coronavirus, but a new study now shows the neurological impacts of the illness may last much longer than the symptoms.
Woman’s crazy reaction to spider bite
A woman who was bitten by a spider has documented the horrific year-long healing process, and the photos will shock you. WARNING: Graphic
Premier: ‘It’s not about money, Clive’
Billionaire Clive Palmer’s offer to buy special machines for an Adelaide hospital where four babies died in four weeks has been rejected.
Towering teen ‘world’s tallest’
This Chinese teenager still has another few years of growth left in him, but he’s already one of the tallest people in the world.
Mystery death of four babies in hospital
Health authorities will investigate the deaths of four babies in an Adelaide hospital within four weeks because of a lack of cardiac services.
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