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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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• 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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