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[Link] Anne Ruston defends past comments that Medicare ‘is not sustainable’ after PM names her as health minister if re-elected
Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Labor says the appointment of Anne Ruston to the health portfolio in a re-elected Coalition government would mean cuts to Medicare, pointing to past comments by the senator that the costs of the health scheme were unsustainable.
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[Link] Senator forced to backtrack after saying Republicans will repeal Obamacare
Read: 9/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson said Republicans should try again to repeal the Affordable Care Act if they take back power – then retreated, under fire from the Biden administration.
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[Link] ‘He said, I’m in Canada’: the doctor will see you now – but not from Australia
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Bet Matthews set off on a trip of salvation from Queensland to Victoria last year, to visit her sister and ex-husband who had both been diagnosed with cancer. She was there to assist with whatever they needed, but in the end it was she who needed the help.
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[Link] Germany’s new government to scrap Nazi-era abortion law
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
A Nazi-era law banning doctors from giving women information about abortions is to be scrapped by Germany’s new government in a decision welcomed by activists who have long argued that it has hampered women’s ability to make informed choices.
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[Link] ANU scientists discover unusually high rate of gene mutation behind kidney disease on the NT's Tiwi Islands
Read: 23/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
But in one day, his whole life changed. Just two days after a check-up, Mr Henry received devastating news from his doctor – his kidneys were shutting down, fast.
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[Link] Sam lives in Tasmania but has to fly to Melbourne to get the ADHD help he needs
Read: 6/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
Tasmania has just one specialist ADHD clinic servicing the whole state and only three psychiatrists that will take ADHD patients. For Mr Mitchell, it meant he resorted to visiting a psychiatrist in Victoria to manage his disorder.
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[Link] The COVID-19 pandemic positives for Australians living with disabilities
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The pandemic has brought with it different challenges for everyone. But for some Australians with a disability, it's been a chance to find joy, independence and new passions.
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[Link] Beware the humble mango — it can leave its nasty mark
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The humble mango. It's delicious, it's nutritious, and it grows in abundance in Australia. It could also land you in hospital.
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[Link] Omicron 'may already be here in Australia'. Experts say there's more we can do to stop COVID
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Just weeks after Australia declared it was opening its borders to the world, some restrictions have been reimposed in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa.
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[Link] After Sierra Leone Explosion, a Health System Is Strained
Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
Victims are still dying from injuries after a fuel tanker burst into flames last week in Sierra Leone, a country that has no burn units.
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[Link] Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales
Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.
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[Link] SA Ambulance Service patients' personal information stolen
Read: 11/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The SA Ambulance Service says the personal details of 28,000 patients have been stolen but there is no indication they have been misused. The patient records are linked to about 32,000 ambulance call-outs between 2000 and 2003.
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[Link] Doctors say Flight Centre should ‘pull its head in’ after legal threat to WA borders
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Medical professionals have lashed out at Flight Centre’s threat to launch legal action against the Western Australian government’s ongoing border restrictions, calling on the company to “pull its head in”.
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[Link] If Americans can’t have basic things like childcare, our democracy is a sham
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
In 2014, Northwestern and Princeton researchers published a report statistically documenting how lawmakers do not listen or care about what most voters want, and instead mostly care about serving their big donors.
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[Link] Sure Looks Like Democrats Are Killing Paid Family Leave to Please Joe Manchin
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Democrats have been toiling to push through their own New Deal—a massive social spending bill covering climate, health, and child care—and secure President Joe Biden’s legacy.
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[Link] Medical Marijuana Is Legal in Thailand, but People Are Sticking With the Black Market
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained. Ladda gave her son a one-drop dose.
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[Link] 'I'd never heard Abigail call me mum': The rare genetic disorder that almost exclusively affects girls
Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Imagine feeling as though you are bursting at the seams with the desire to say something important, but are unable to speak. That has been daily life for Abigail Lishomwa. The six-year-old cannot call out to her parents, ask her teachers questions or greet other children at the playground.
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[Link] Pig Kidney Successfully Transplanted From Hog to Human
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Doctors in New York City transplanted a kidney grown in a pig to a brain-dead woman in a major step forward for xenotransplantation, a process in which human organs are grown in animals and then transplanted into humans.
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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.
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[Link] Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists
Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com
A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists.
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[Link] Disgraced Girlboss Elizabeth Holmes is Finally Standing Trial for Fraud
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
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