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• Free, needle-less vaccine to protect kids from flu 07-04-2026

  Hundreds of thousands of young children will be able to receive a painless, needle-free flu vaccination for free as governments attempt to curb falling vaccine rates. NSW has become the latest state to offer a nasal spray flu vaccine to children f

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• The health conversation all Australians should have 07-04-2026

  Too many Australians are only learning about their fertility when they are already trying for or having trouble conceiving a baby, with experts calling for the topic to be reframed as a responsibility that is shared between men and women. Health l

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• Cut eligibility to protect NDIS, MPs tell Albanese 07-04-2026

  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's own MPs are urging him to redesign Australia's main disability support program to ensure those in the greatest need get the help they need and the scheme is brought onto a more even financial keel. The gov

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• Tech giants slammed for censoring party-drug alerts 06-04-2026

  Warnings about potential harmful substances circulating as party drugs are being censored by social media giants Meta and TikTok, advocates say. Automated moderation by the companies is to blame for failing to differentiate public health posts fro

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• Helping sick kids in the bush one flight at a time 06-04-2026

  Attempting to break a Guinness world record, Australia's youngest female pilot is taking off on Easter Monday for a worthy cause. Seventeen-year-old Rose Donald is hopping aboard a Cessna 172 VH‑DWE from Essendon airport in Melbourne to

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• Strokes may be avoided by targeting 'silent' condition 05-04-2026

  Maryanne Bawden thought she had the flu when her husband insisted she go to the hospital. But when her scans came back, doctors said she was lucky she wasn't paralysed.[subscribe] Ms Bawden quickly learnt she was part of a growing number of

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• The 'huge' health benefits of walkable towns 05-04-2026

  Living within walking distance of the shops might seem trivial but for regional Australians, it could be the path to a longer, healthier life. Residents in well-connected regional towns walk about 75 minutes more a week than those in less walkable

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• From serving the nation to serving a sentence 05-04-2026

  Lifelong patterns of hardship, trauma and missed support have been identified as leading factors explaining why vulnerable war veterans can end up behind bars. The very people relied upon to protect Australia are being failed long after their serv

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• Disease outbreak prompts call to ensure kids are jabbed 03-04-2026

  A rare outbreak of a nasty respiratory infection can be linked to a dip in vaccination rates, a disease expert warns. Parents are being urged to ensure their children's vaccination status is up to date following an outbreak in the Northern Ter

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• Common drug offers hope for meth addiction treatment 02-04-2026

  Patients with a serious addiction to methamphetamine who took a well-known antidepressant show a noticeable reduction in drug use, a study has found. Results from the Tina Trial, published on Thursday and conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol

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