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• Be heart smart to get a head start in the marathon 20-08-2026

  Marathon runners are often considered among the fittest people in the community and, with the right training and preparations, they can be. But for some Australians, tackling 42.2 kilometres could do more harm than good.[subscribe] As thousands

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• Ex-President Joe Biden's cancer has spread, son says 20-08-2026

  Former US President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread beyond his ‌bones and is very painful, his son, Hunter Biden, said ‌in an interview with the BBC. "The cancer has spread, ‌metastasised into his bones and further,&

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• FED:Stark challenge for native birds as flu outbreak grows 20-08-2026

  Volunteers have grave fears over the future of a local colony of native birds as the H5 flu strain continues spreading across South Australia and other parts of the country. Testing at CSIRO's Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness confirm

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• Cat identifies himself as concussion waiver player 19-08-2026

  Premiership defender Jake Kolodjashnij has identified himself as the player with a history of concussions who signed a secret deal with Geelong that required him to assume all legal responsibility for future brain trauma. News broke on Thursday th

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• Bird flu fears prompt 'proactive' poultry farms order 19-08-2026

  Victorian poultry farms are being plunged into lockdown as new cases of bird flu continue to climb across Australia. The "proactive, precautionary measure" forcing producers to keep poultry temporarily housed in higher-risk areas comes a

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• Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4000 cases 19-08-2026

  Congo's confirmed Ebola cases have risen above 4000 for the first ‌time in the current outbreak, according to government data. The epidemic, the ‌world's second-largest, has been described as the fastest-spreading on record.[subs

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• WHO wants probe into possible Ebola mutation 18-08-2026

  The African health agency Africa CDC and the World Health Organisation want to jointly investigate a possible mutation of the Ebola virus in light of the rapid spread of cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The level of severity of thi

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• Perez Hilton's family 'hopeful' as he gets medical care 18-08-2026

  Perez Hilton's family are remaining hopeful after confirming the celebrity blogger is able to communicate as he continues to receive medical treatment a day after he was taken to hospital following an apparent mental health crisis. The enterta

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• Fears for Australian sea lions as bird flu cases grow 18-08-2026

  Australian sea lions could be on the verge of a mass mortality event, an expert warns after the death of a seal pup was linked to a deadly disease outbreak. The baby seal has been identified as a potential bird flu case after washing up at Warrnam

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• Australian funds to help combat spiralling HIV crisis 17-08-2026

  Fiji's growing HIV crisis will be tackled partly through Australian funding to bolster health services, supplies and drug imports. Australia has committed more than $15 million to help arrest the Pacific nation's HIV outbreak.[subscribe]

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