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• CSIRO to partner with pharmaceutical giant for research 05-11-2026

  Australia's leading science agency has teamed up with a pharmaceutical giant to help prevent future biosecurity threats. A five-year partnership has been signed between the CSIRO and Moderna for a biosecurity accelerator.[subscribe] The pro

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• WHO looking at reports of second Russia pneumonia death 05-11-2026

  The World Health Organisation has asked Russia for information regarding a possible further death from pneumonia in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. WHO expert Abdirahman Mahamud said in Geneva on Wednesday that the request was prompted by a media re

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• Questions cloud coalition plan for migrant care staff 05-11-2026

  Sweeping cuts to temporary migrants won't impact Australia's ability to access aged care and health workers, the opposition leader insists, despite little detail on how the sector will be affected. The coalition announced on Tuesday it wou

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• Drug overdose 'crisis' as deaths double road fatalities 04-11-2026

  For every person who died on roads across a state in a year, more than two others died from drug overdoses. In Victoria, 632 people died from drug overdoses in 2025, the highest level in a decade, according to a Victorian Coroners Court report on

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• Experts call for medication reviews amid fresh figures 04-11-2026

  Every fortnight for the past two years Tim Benson has spent 45 minutes placing seven different daily medications into morning and nightly pill trays. The 75-year-old prostate cancer survivor and Type 2 Diabetic knows his medication organiser will

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• Study reshaping how childhood obesity is identified 04-11-2026

  Metrics for measuring childhood obesity and its prevalence may not be as reliable as once thought, according to a study led by Australian researchers. The study found rates of obesity is less common in early childhood years when using a new global

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• 'Asset-rich' Aussies could struggle to afford aged care 03-11-2026

  A growing number of older Australians need government-subsidised aged care and social welfare despite being deemed asset-rich. A study has revealed nine in 10 older Australians applying for government-supported aged care rely on social welfare pay

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• Pharmacy trial to roll on despite concerns from doctors 03-11-2026

  A plan letting pharmacists prescribe treatments for a raft of conditions will go ahead, despite medical professionals voicing major concerns. Representatives from five peak medical bodies have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns, escalating concern

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• 'I wasn't listened to': mothers detail birth trauma 03-11-2026

  Going through nearly 30 hours of excruciating labour with her first born, Nadine cried out to nurses and doctors for an epidural or a caesarean but her pleas fell on deaf ears. After the pain worsened, jeopardising the baby's survival, she was

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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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