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• Lettuce blamed for 'explosive diarrhoea' outbreak in US 21-07-2026

  Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five US states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhoea-causing parasite cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confir

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• Fewer daily smokers, but black market battle rages on 21-07-2026

  If you met an almost-50-year-old Terry Fulton in 2001, he'd tell you he didn't expect to live much longer. Like three million other Australians at the time, picking up a packet of cigarettes was a daily habit.[subscribe] "Advertisi

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• Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs 21-07-2026

  Thousands of Australians with multiple sclerosis have been spared paying $33,000 a year for treatment after the federal government struck a deal to keep life-changing drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Health Minister Mark Butler has con

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• Ebola patients, workers flee DR Congo hospital attack 20-07-2026

  Ebola patients and responders have fled a hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after it was attacked by an ‌angry crowd, a health worker at the facility told Reuters - the latest incident to hamper efforts to contain the deadly outbr

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• FED:Daily smokers butt out, as vaping rates stall 20-07-2026

  If you met an almost-50-year-old Terry Fulton in 2001, he'd tell you he didn't expect to live much longer. Like three million other Australians at the time, picking up a packet of cigarettes was a daily habit.[subscribe] "Advertisi

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• Company guilty of cancer-causing working conditions 20-07-2026

  A company has been fined for exposing workers to a deadly particle known to cause cancer. Exposure to silica dust, a particle 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, can lead to workers developing silicosis - an incurable, debilitating and potenti

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• Medical network hack further erodes trust for patients 19-07-2026

  A major cyber attack on a network of GP and skin cancer clinics could signal a turning point in Australians' trust in digital healthcare systems. The sensitive personal information of thousands of patients held by Partnered Health, a clinic ne

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• Painful wait for women as unfounded claims delay payout 19-07-2026

  Multiple women with debilitating pelvic mesh injuries have given tearful testimony about an ongoing lack of transparency into how their wait for justice can finally come to an end. It's been more than three years since thousands of women were

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• Soaring meth abuse at work prompts warning to bosses 19-07-2026

  More Australian workers are taking drugs on the job in a stark warning to bosses, three years after a fatal wedding party bus crash that killed 10 people. The Drug Detection Agency, Australasia's largest workplace drug-testing provider, on Thu

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• Red letter day for baby books as health gaps emerge 17-07-2026

  Most new parents can relate to the shock of leaving hospital carrying a new, confusing and mysterious bundle. And that's not just the baby.[subscribe] For decades, Australian families have been handed both their newborn and a hefty child he

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