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• Elderly to wait months for end of aged care shower fees 22-04-2026

  Older Australians with aged care packages will still have to wait months if they want to avoid paying for help with basic tasks like showering and dressing. The federal government has backed down on a requirement that people in aged care pay $50 a

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• Dayspring Pharma Announces Phase II Trial of CG2001 Foam Met Primary Endpoint in Chinese Adult Men w 22-04-2026

  BEIJING, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dayspring Pharma today announced top-line data from its Phase II clinical trial of CG2001 foam in male patients with androgenetic alopecia (AGA). The trial met its primary endpoint and demonstrated statisticall

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• NDIS cuts revealed in major pre-budget speech 22-04-2026

  Eligibility will be tightened and financial support reduced as part of sweeping measures designed to rein in spending of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Health Minister Mark Butler revealed the changes to the $50 billion scheme in a majo

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• Female scientists transforming STEM knowledge gaps 21-04-2026

  A cohort of female scientists are working to close research gaps, improve health outcomes and increase representation in fields traditionally dominated by men.    In 2024, the federal government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador in

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• Smoking ban for people born after 2008 passes in UK 21-04-2026

  Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes in Britain, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has cleared parliament. Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the legislation, which is designed to stop peop

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• Research shows popular IVF hormone add-on may not work 21-04-2026

  A new study has sparked fresh concerns that would-be parents are being sold ineffective treatments being marketed as boosting their chance of falling pregnant. A University of Sydney-led research found adding a common hormone to in-vitro fertilisa

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• Too Many Medicines, Too Little Review: The Polypharmacy Crisis in Aged Care 21-04-2026

  Walk into most residential aged care facilities in Australia and you will find residents taking not five, not eight, but ten or more medicines every single day. Some take considerably more. It has become so normalised that many care teams barely noti

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• The Hours Between: Why Sleep in Aged Care Deserves Far More Clinical Attention 20-04-2026

  At 2am in a residential aged care facility, the building is rarely quiet. Lights flick on for cares. Footsteps move down corridors. A resident calls out. Another has been awake since midnight, lying in the dark, waiting for a morning that is still ho

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• Support at Home: What Australia's New In-Home Aged Care Program Means for Clinicians 20-04-2026

  For decades, older Australians navigating in-home aged care have had to contend with a fragmented system: multiple programs, overlapping eligibility criteria and funding structures that were difficult to understand and even harder to navigate. That c

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• War on illegal tobacco needs more boots on the ground 20-04-2026

  Too many illicit cigarettes are still ending up between Aussie fingers as lawmakers oscillate between cracking down on shady vendors and squeezing them out financially. Illicit tobacco now comprises 50 to 60 per cent of Australia's total tobac

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