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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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• Insurers, athletes butt heads on concussion coverage 04-05-2026

  Professional athletes live on average seven years longer than the general population. But not AFL or NRL players.[subscribe] The two most popular games in Australia are continuing to grapple with the dangers their players face when they take th

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• Scientist who won race to sequence human genome dies 04-05-2026

  J Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, has died at age 79. Venter's death on Wednesday was announced by the J Craig Venter Institute, a genomics research group

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• Biomechanics on a Budget: Practical Movement Assessment Without the Tech 03-05-2026

  Most physiotherapists working in community sport do not have access to force plates, motion capture systems or GPS tracking units. This article makes the case for what skilled observational assessment can tell you, and how to get the most from the to

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• The Physio's Role in Talking to Coaches: Navigating the Performance-Health Tension 03-05-2026

  When a coach wants an athlete back on the field and the physiotherapist is not ready to clear them, someone has to hold the line. How that conversation goes matters more than most clinicians are trained to expect. The pressure rarely arrives as a

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• Hamstring Strains in Field Sport: Why They Keep Coming Back 03-05-2026

  Hamstring strain injuries are among the most prevalent and persistently frustrating conditions in field sport. Understanding why they recur so readily is the first step toward managing them more effectively. Spend enough time working with football

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• Snoring leader buys restless leg syndrome device maker 03-05-2026

  An Australian-American medical giant leading the world in products to treat sleep apnoea is branching out into another major sleep disorder - restless leg syndrome. Resmed has bought Noctrix Health, a California-based company that makes a wearable

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