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Health workers dressed in protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ebola has been ruled out this time.

What we know about the deadly mystery illnesses affecting hundreds in Congo

The first cases occurred after children ate bats. Now hundreds of people in two villages are sick and more than 50 are dead.

  • Chinedu Asadu and Jean-Yves Kamale

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Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Judith Suminwa talks to journalists during a press conference in Geneva.

Mystery illness kills more than 50 within hours in Congo

The outbreak began after three children ate a bat and died after suffering haemorrhagic fever symptoms. The WHO has ruled out Ebola.

  • Jean-Yves Kamale and Olivia Le Poidevin
A woman in the Blue Mountains has found high levels of PFAS in her blood after the region’s drinking water supply was contaminated.

She was dogged by health issues. Then this Sydney woman found cancer chemicals in her blood

The woman long feared something in her house was poisoning her. Her blood test was an “aha” moment.

  • Carrie Fellner
A 2019 research pamphlet by VicHealth found that 41 per cent of Victorian women “feel too embarrassed to exercise in public.”

The gender fitness gap, aka why women exercise less than men - and how we can change it

A committed couch potato digs into the stats on her stasis – and finally finds her fitness groove.

  • Amanda Hooton
US President Donald Trump and Gazans returning to the ruins of their home – the one from which he wants to remove them.

Nations such as Australia must push back against Trump’s illegal Gaza scheme

Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians, if it were without their consent, would constitute a war crime.

  • Ben Saul
Day-old duck hatchlings crawl around inside an incubator at a duck farm in New York state.

Worrying bird flu strain undisclosed by US after Trump orders WHO exit

A US government memo ordering a halt to communication with global health bodies has concerned scientists as a strain of bird flu is detected in California for the first time.

  • Jessica Nix and Gerry Smith
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The US is bidding farewell to Red Dye No. 3, but what about other food dyes?

A red food dye was just banned in the US. Do we need to be worried about it?

Does Australia still use the vivid cherry-red dye, and what could a ban mean for other artificial colours?

  • Nell Geraets
Authorities have been accused of failing to do enough to make visitors to Jervis Bay aware of cancer-causing contaminants.

Cancer-causing chemicals a ‘dirty little secret’ in tourist hotspot

Authorities have been accused of encouraging visitors to a NSW tourist hotspot without doing enough to warn them about toxic contamination in the region.

  • Carrie Fellner
President Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted over the January 6, 2021, riots on Capitol Hill.

All the executive orders Donald Trump has signed

Trump has wasted no time putting his stamp on the new administration, issuing directives on a range of issues from energy to immigration.

Medical misogyny has a long history.

From wandering wombs to the missing clitoris: How medical misogyny works

From Ancient Greece right through to modern medicine in Australia today, the treatment of women in science started badly and remains a serious problem.

  • Kate Aubusson and Emily Kaine

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