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• AMH Medicines 2027 set for January release with a refreshed look 11-11-2026

  The Australian Medicines Handbook is now called "AMH Medicines". With a refreshed look for the 2027 edition, AMH continues its commitment to providing independent, trusted and evidence-based medicines information for Australian healthcar

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• Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable 11-11-2026

  An eight-year-old girl's death was preventable, a coroner has found as she criticised a Melbourne emergency department doctor's response. Amrita Varshini Lanka's parents nodded and wiped away tears as Victoria's deputy state corone

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• Mental health system suffering from $600m shortfall 11-11-2026

  Nearly $600 million in extra funding a year is needed to pay frontline mental health staff to remedy the country's biggest public medical system. NSW's public mental health services are short between $550 and $600 million annually, accordi

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• High Court opens door to prisoner's egg freezing 11-11-2026

  A woman has won an appeal in Australia's highest court about her right to freeze her eggs while behind bars. Rachel Smith is currently serving a 10-year prison term in Queensland for trafficking in a dangerous drug.[subscribe] She will be a

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• Prenatal screening company makes strong debut on ASX 10-11-2026

  A small Israeli company that hopes to revolutionise pre-natal testing through the use of artificial intelligence has had a successful debut on Australia's stock exchange. Shares in Identifai Genetics were changing hands early Tuesday afternoon

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• 'More work to do': ageing population puts clamp on EDs 10-11-2026

  Adding more aged care beds won't be enough to help hospital emergency departments prepare for an ageing population, the health minister concedes. The admission came as a report from the Australian College of Emergency Medicine shows more older

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• 'Soldier on': workers face rising abuse and bullying 10-11-2026

  For years, a former emergency worker could not drive through the town where she was pushed out of her job without shaking uncontrollably. Responding to murders, sexual assaults and drug-related incidents in a regional area, the intense workload an

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• 'Concerning' surge in cannabis hospital admissions 09-11-2026

  Hospitalisations linked to cannabis use have surged over the past decade in one state, driven in large part by psychotic disorder diagnoses. In the decade leading up to 2023, Victorian hospital admissions primarily caused by cannabis use increased

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• Vatican mulls prayer appearance for recovering Pope 09-11-2026

  Pope Leo XIV's recovery from lung surgery has progressed so normally that the Vatican has stopped providing morning updates confirming he had woken up and had breakfast, even as questions continue about what his cancer means for the the future of

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• Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab 09-11-2026

  The World Health Organisation still doesn't know what caused the pneumonia that killed a ‌Russian lab worker at an anti-plague research centre in Siberia. The WHO said the Russian state regulator reported that tests of the lab worker and

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