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UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan, in February.

Trump’s aid cuts claim early victims after three-hour walk in 40-degree heat

The deaths of eight people, including five children, are among the first to be directly attributed to the cuts imposed by the US president.

  • Aaron Ross

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Opposition leader Peter Dutton leaving the leaders’ debate on Tuesday.

Leaders agreed not to mention Dutton’s dad’s heart attack before debate

The opposition leader said his father’s toughness and the presence of his sisters by his father’s bedside let him continue with the contest.

  • James Massola, Josefine Ganko and Olivia Ireland
Phoebe Kinrade spends half of her pay trying to manage her long COVID symptoms.

How scientists are planning to stop long COVID in its tracks

In the search for better ways of tackling the debilitating condition, Australian researchers have zeroed in on a newly discovered chink in the virus’s armour.

  • Angus Dalton
Ann Capling used a free bowel screening kit that helped detect a problem early.

The areas in Victoria where rates of this cancer are at their highest

Search your area to see how its bowel cancer rate compares with the national average.

  • Hannah Kennelly and Broede Carmody
Professor Bryce Vissel.

Shingles-dementia link gives weight to a ‘heretical’ theory

The shingles vaccine seems to give some protection against dementia. But why?

  • Liam Mannix
Medical researcher Adrienne O’Neill lived with chronic fatigue for a decade before receiving a diagnosis.

It took 11 years for Adrienne’s illness to be diagnosed. A new computer model could change everything

Chronic fatigue syndrome is notoriously difficult to diagnose, but a new computer-assisted model can predict it with 85 per cent accuracy.

  • Broede Carmody and Hannah Kennelly
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Silicosis.

There was a plan to stop Sydney tunnel workers from being killed. It was ignored for five years

A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five years ago. Cost was the primary barrier.

  • Max Maddison
Hume City Council councillor Jim Overend in front of the Craigieburn Community Hospital which was built months ago but still isn’t open for use.

Two new Melbourne hospitals were built months ago – but locals still can’t use them

Two of the 10 community hospitals promised by the state government in 2018 have been built but remain largely non-operational, frustrating locals who want to start using them.

  • Broede Carmody and Adam Carey
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are both pouring billions into research to extend human lifespan. Australian-born scientist David Sinclair is a pioneer in this field and speaking at the World Science Festival in Brisbane.

Billionaires are racing to extend human life by decades. They are closer than you think

Australian-born Harvard geneticist David Sinclair says reversing the symptoms of ageing in animals and humans is now possible.

  • Nick Dent
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A 32-year-old has a deadly disease. So do a dozen of his colleagues

Thirteen tunnellers on one single roadway project have been diagnosed with silicosis. Their employer is in the crosshairs.

  • Max Maddison

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