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• Urgent call to give blood as flu season depletes stocks 13-08-2026

  Runny noses and sore throats are keeping blood donors away, but one man who nearly died is singlehandedly upping dwindling supplies. Donated blood is needed for a range of patients including cancer sufferers, new mothers, people undergoing surgery

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• 'Grim news': Penguin alert as bird flu outbreak worsens 13-08-2026

  Australia is set to face more mass mortality events from bird flu, as fears grow that a popular penguin colony could lose almost half of its population due to the outbreak. The deadly H5 strain's national tally is continuing to rise after a la

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• Drug deaths and hospitalisations 'on the rise' 13-08-2026

  Methamphetamines and cocaine have fueled a rise in drug-induced deaths and hospitalisations in Australia, taking the lives of more than five people a day, new data shows. Drug overdoses led to more than 2000 deaths in 2024, the latest trends repor

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• Aust cancer researcher nears personalised immunotherapy 12-08-2026

  It's been just over a year since Ines Pires da Silva was recognised as one of Australia's leading women in science. Yet in hindsight, winning the Marie Krogh Young Women in Science Prize seems to have marked not the culmination of her work

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• AstraZeneca shares drop on reports of $570b mega-merger 12-08-2026

  AstraZeneca's shares have fallen sharply as analysts and investors question the logic of a possible tie-up with Bristol Myers Squibb after reports they held preliminary talks about forming one of the world's biggest drugmakers. Shares in A

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• Perfect mix: stage set for 'maximum' bird flu damage 12-08-2026

  An escalating bird flu outbreak is poised to cause "maximum damage" following confirmation of Australia's first mass mortality event. The mass mortality event was confirmed on Monday after a large group of dead and sick greater crest

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• Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike 11-08-2026

  Labor will renew its fight to steer a controversial health insurance change through parliament as state governments and providers push back against the plan. More than three million Australians aged 65 and older will pay an average of about $250 m

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• Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer 11-08-2026

  Patients with a rare and incurable brain cancer could be given precious extra time after the first targeted treatment for the disease in 20 years was added to the national discounted medicines scheme. Vorasidenib, known by the brand name Voranigo,

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• Bird flu testing, as mass mortality incident detected 11-08-2026

  Australia could be experiencing its first wildlife mass mortality event triggered by bird flu. More than 80 dead and sick greater crested terns have been found at an island called Baudin Rock in South Australia.[subscribe] SA's chief vet Sk

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• 'Cancer doesn't wait': a new plan to help rural men 10-08-2026

  When Darren Cruickshanks went to see his GP for blood test results, he expected to be told to exercise and stop eating KFC. "That's been happening for years," the real estate agent from regional Victoria told AAP, with a laugh.[subsc

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