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• Tech giants slammed for censoring party-drug alerts 06-04-2026

  Warnings about potential harmful substances circulating as party drugs are being censored by social media giants Meta and TikTok, advocates say. Automated moderation by the companies is to blame for failing to differentiate public health posts fro

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• Helping sick kids in the bush one flight at a time 06-04-2026

  Attempting to break a Guinness world record, Australia's youngest female pilot is taking off on Easter Monday for a worthy cause. Seventeen-year-old Rose Donald is hopping aboard a Cessna 172 VH‑DWE from Essendon airport in Melbourne to

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• Strokes may be avoided by targeting 'silent' condition 05-04-2026

  Maryanne Bawden thought she had the flu when her husband insisted she go to the hospital. But when her scans came back, doctors said she was lucky she wasn't paralysed.[subscribe] Ms Bawden quickly learnt she was part of a growing number of

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• The 'huge' health benefits of walkable towns 05-04-2026

  Living within walking distance of the shops might seem trivial but for regional Australians, it could be the path to a longer, healthier life. Residents in well-connected regional towns walk about 75 minutes more a week than those in less walkable

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• From serving the nation to serving a sentence 05-04-2026

  Lifelong patterns of hardship, trauma and missed support have been identified as leading factors explaining why vulnerable war veterans can end up behind bars. The very people relied upon to protect Australia are being failed long after their serv

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• Disease outbreak prompts call to ensure kids are jabbed 03-04-2026

  A rare outbreak of a nasty respiratory infection can be linked to a dip in vaccination rates, a disease expert warns. Parents are being urged to ensure their children's vaccination status is up to date following an outbreak in the Northern Ter

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• Common drug offers hope for meth addiction treatment 02-04-2026

  Patients with a serious addiction to methamphetamine who took a well-known antidepressant show a noticeable reduction in drug use, a study has found. Results from the Tina Trial, published on Thursday and conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol

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• New mental health unit set to curb hospital violence 02-04-2026

  Frontline hospital workers will be able to take better care of patients experiencing intense distress or aggression as a hospital introduces a new unit to curb violence against staff. Workers at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west have been sub

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• Health insurance premiums to cut more from hip pockets 01-04-2026

  Australians are being urged to examine their health insurance coverage as a hike in the premiums takes effect. The cost of premiums will rise an average of 4.41 per cent on Wednesday, the biggest price rise since a 4.84 per cent hike in 2017.[subs

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• Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals' Once-Weekly Basal Insulin GZR4 Injection Meets Primary Endpoints 01-04-2026

  Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SSE: 603087) today announced that two pivotal phase 3 clinical trials, SUPER-1 and SUPER-2, evaluating investigative once-weekly insulin GZR4 Injection, have successfully met their pre-specified primary endpoints. After

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