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• Kid's cancer centre zeroes in on 'terrible disease' 07-05-2026

  Children with cancer are entering an era of renewed hope, as Australia's first medical centre solely focused on their needs is unveiled. The Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre opened its doors on Wednesday at Sydney Children&#

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• Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain 07-05-2026

  A luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus ‌is preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the Canary Islands. The Spanish Health Minist

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• ESOC 2026 Stroke rates rise, exposing widening ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities, study finds 07-05-2026

  MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic m

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• Human-to-human hantavirus transfer suspected on cruise 06-05-2026

  The World Health Organisation suspects some rare human-to-human transmission took place between close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases. A Dutch couple and a German national had died, &zwnj

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• Vaccine not to be sneezed at as flu season approaches 06-05-2026

  Australians are heading into a potentially severe flu season and given last year's death toll, experts are warning it's important to be vaccinated. Flu-related mortalities reached 1700 in 2025, surpassing the national road death toll by se

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• What to know about Hantavirus and its symptoms 06-05-2026

  Three people have died on a cruise ship over the weekend from a suspected hantavirus outbreak - but what is the virus and how is it treated? Hantavirus infections, normally carried by rodents, can lead to severe respiratory illness and can be fata

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• Suspected hantavirus outbreak kills three on cruise 05-05-2026

  A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization says. A 70-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife, from the Netherlands, died after fal

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• US top court lets abortion pill mail delivery restart 05-05-2026

  The US Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a federal rule allowing the abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial decision that had ‌blocked the regulation and narrowed access to t

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• FED:Confronting message to MPs ahead of tobacco hearing 05-05-2026

  The lawns of Parliament House will be strewn with 66 body bags as health advocates call for urgent action to prevent Australians dying from tobacco use. A senate inquiry into Australia's illegal tobacco crisis will hold its first hearing on Mo

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• Pharma challenges pause on mail access to abortion drug 04-05-2026

  Two drugmakers have asked the US Supreme Court to restore mail-order access to mifepristone, a move that would continue to allow women access to one of the most widely used ‌abortion methods pending ongoing legal challenges. Danco Laboratorie

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