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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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• Cyclists shut down iconic bridge for mental health ride 08-11-2026

  From modern bikes to a vintage penny-farthing, riders have taken to Australia's most iconic bridge to raise funds and awareness for mental health. Thousands of riders united on Sydney's streets on Sunday for the 40th Spring Cycle, an event

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• 'I felt unimportant': women beg inquiry for real change 08-11-2026

  "As soon as my baby was born, it felt like I was no longer viewed as needing care. I felt unimportant." The heartbreaking response is one of hundreds to a new national health inquiry.[subscribe] Other submissions to the Senate select

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• Late-night meals and snacks linked to liver disease 08-11-2026

  People have long been warned that eating late at night leads to weight gain, but now scientists believe it may directly impact the liver. US research on around 200,000 people across three studies found late-night eating was linked to a significant

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• The little lives and long road behind a very big walk 06-11-2026

  Amy Moody's son Harry was so tiny when she first met him his entire hand could barely wrap around her pinky fingernail. Born at just 25 weeks and four days and weighing 875 grams, he arrived with almost no warning into a world of ventilators,

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• Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors 06-11-2026

  A former president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians has been banned from working as a doctor for at least year. Leslie Bolitho was president of the RACP from 2012 until 2014 and has been based in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria, si

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• Russia denies second case linked to Siberian plague lab 06-11-2026

  Russia's public health watchdog denies that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person, as global concerns swirl about suspected pneumonic plague. Rospotrebnadzor has said the lab worker at a plague research instit

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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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