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• Cheaper diabetes drug halted by AstraZeneca court win 17-02-2026

  Consumer hopes for a version of AstraZeneca's blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga that doesn't hit hip pockets as hard have been dented by a court win to the pharma giant. AstraZeneca sells a bottle of 28 tablets of Forxiga for $US25 ($A35)

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• Child safety system no place for kids: abuse survivor 17-02-2026

  A former child victim raped by her father and beaten by her mother says the agony of her youth was preferable to the abuse she endured in government care. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave harrowing testimony to Queensland'

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• Illegal ciggies tipped to soon stub out retail sales 17-02-2026

  A major Australian retailer forecasts 90 per cent of cigarettes will be illegally sourced within a few years unless the government reduces the tobacco excise. Ritchies IGA, which operates 156 supermarkets across Victoria, NSW, and Queensland, sugg

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• Big measles outbreak affecting London children under 10 16-02-2026

  A "big measles outbreak" in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools and nurseries in north-east London had left some children re

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• More people taking adult gap years and mini-sabbaticals 16-02-2026

  Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to becoming a digital nomad or saving up for a month

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• Data doesn't match hype on intermittent fasting: study 16-02-2026

  The evidence behind intermittent fasting doesn't justify the enthusiasm about the dieting technique, experts say. The diet has grown in popularity with a number of celebrities and politicians adopting it to stay trim, but a new study suggests

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• 'Time to deliver': blame shifted on hospital bed block 15-02-2026

  Political tensions over aged care funding appear set to continue while thousands of older Australians remain stranded in public hospital beds. There are 3137 patients in Australia's public hospitals waiting for aged care places, according to d

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• Cochlear crashes in latest earnings season carnage 15-02-2026

  A Sydney-based global leader in hearing implants has become the latest blue-chip company to suffer whiplash after missing profit forecasts during the nation's increasingly volatile earnings season. Cochlear shares plunged 18.9 per cent to a mo

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• Finally: generational shift here for women in science 15-02-2026

  Faye Jordan has a unique perspective on the changing landscape for women in science. Her mother was a dental nurse, she's an emergency room doctor and researcher, and both her daughters have taken up careers as doctors.[subscribe] But their

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• Thousands stranded in hospital amid aged care 'crisis' 13-02-2026

  More than 3000 older Australians remain stranded in public hospitals waiting for aged care, as the nation's health ministers warn of a growing crisis that is stretching emergency departments and costing billions. State and territory health min

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