Vaccinations, aged care, schools and the economy: what the Covid report says
‘Many of the measures taken during Covid-19 are unlikely to be accepted by the population again.’ | Read the key points from the report.
Health
Autism detectives link plastics chemical in mother’s womb to spectrum disorder
Boys with lower levels of a key brain enzyme who are born to mothers that have higher levels of plastic chemicals in their wombs are six times more likely to develop autism by the time they are a teenager, a world-first Australian study has found.
Top psychiatrist blows whistle on specialists’ ‘profiteering’
Medical ‘profiteering’ is inflating health costs, an eminent psychiatrist has warned, as new data from The Australian’s Needs of The Nation survey reveals Australians are struggling to pay soaring medical bills.
How to live with invisible household guests
The American ecologist Rob Dunn and his colleagues have catalogued 200,000 species living in our homes.
Suicide rates ‘an outrage’
The higher suicide rate among indigenous Australians is an ‘outrage’ that warrants greater attention, a PC inquiry says.
Coalition defends health funding
The Coalition will use a taxpayer-funded government website to counteract Labor claims of cuts to Medicare ahead of the election.
Mediscare aimed at marginals
Labor is positioning for a Mediscare 2.0 election campaign, vowing to unfreeze rebates on 100 GP items a year.
Wyatt confronts stark reminder
When Ken Wyatt visits remote communities across northern Australia, the tally of lives cut short is recorded for all to see.
NDIS cuts hit remote customers
The agency in charge of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been cutting funding for remote participants.
Coroner calls for chemo overhaul
An inquest into the deaths of four cancer patients who were underdosed on chemotherapy finds the bungle could have easily been avoided.
ALP health hit on 65,000 families
Up to 65,000 families are most likely to be targeted under Labor’s plans to scrap private health rebates for so-called ‘junk’ policies.
Apology awaits after 60 years
Lynette Rowe and Lisa McManus are the twin faces of a tragedy. Neither was expected to survive infancy, much less childhood.
Deadly delay on road safety
The co-chairs of a blueprint to prevent road crash deaths say federal government inaction is putting lives on the line.
ALP vows $1bn hospital upgrades
Bill Shorten says Australia should have a “world-class healthcare system”.
Labor’s health push pays off
Labor is winning the battle on health and education, despite the tens of billions of dollars the Premier has thrown at them.
Labor bows to funding push
Labor is buckling under state demands for a multi-billion dollar increase in public hospital funding.
‘No easy fix’ for transplant bias
A major review has been unable to fully explain the systemic bias that sees fewer kidney transplants given to indigenous Australians.
Canberra accused of NDIS secrecy
The Victorian state government has accused the commonwealth of keeping “secrets” about the $22 billion NDIS.
States want billions from ALP
Bill Shorten is walking into a political firestorm of Labor’s own making.
‘Trust risk’ if NDIS opens books
Explosive information about the financial sustainability of the $22 billion NDIS is being withheld from state governments.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/health