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• Voluntary assisted dying restrictions now 'redundant' 02-11-2026

  Barriers remain to accessing voluntary assisted dying, despite euthanasia being accessible in every state and territory, advocates say. In an address to the National Press Club, broadcaster and founder of advocacy group Go Gentle Australia Andrew

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• Russia says no plague, locals play down scare 02-11-2026

  Russia's health watchdog says no cases of plague have been detected among anyone who has ‌come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week, and locals said their lives had barely been disrupted. Auth

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• Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo 02-11-2026

  Kenya's has confirmed the country's first imported Ebola case from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo via Uganda had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital, Healt

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• Risk 'low' after Russian plague lab worker dies: WHO 01-11-2026

  A laboratory worker at a plague research institute ‌in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia's health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region.

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• Nobel medicine prize goes to research of brain activity 01-11-2026

  The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to three scientists who created a tool using light to help unravel how the brain works. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion chann

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• Climate change raises major disease risks for Australia 01-11-2026

  As global temperatures rise, Australia's warmer north is at increasing risk of mosquito-borne diseases including malaria and dengue. Both the malaria-spreading Anopheles mosquitoes and dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes thrive in warm, humid en

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• Hospital overcrowding fix pitched under $100m pledge 30-10-2026

  Shorter emergency department wait times and a better flow of ambulances have been promised as part of an almost $100 million state election pledge. Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has committed to 10 new or expanded patient transit lounges

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• Get physical: final steps for Newton-John's legacy 30-10-2026

  Thousands of walkers and runners have turned out in their fluoro leg warmers and headbands to raise funds to help people battling cancer. Inspired by Olivia-Newton John's hit song Let's Get Physical, Walk for Wellness has been the signatur

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• Mum gives back to breast milk donor program amid grief 30-10-2026

  When her identical twin girls were born about two and a half months prematurely, almost everything that followed was out of mum Hannah Topp's control. Because of their vulnerability, Harriet and Matilda had to go straight to the neonatal inten

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• Top 10 Best-Rated TPD Lawyers in Australia 30-10-2026

  If disability or injury has stopped you from working, you may have Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance through one or more superannuation funds. A successful TPD claim can provide a lump-sum payment, but eligibility depends on the wordi

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