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May 25, 2026New policy implemented
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The Winter Energy Payment is buying less warmth each year – could there be a better long-term fix?

Getty Images As New Zealand enters the colder months of the year, more than a million Kiwis have begun receiving their government-funded top-ups to help pay the power bill. Since it was introduced in 2018, the Winter Ene...
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May 24, 2026
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Screening Indigenous people for this heart condition at 55 can prevent strokes and save lives

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more than twice as likely to have a stroke as non-Indigenous Australians. These strokes occur younger, are more likely to be fatal, and often...
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May 22, 2026
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First meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda 2026 – Temporary recommendations

The Committee’s advice aligned with the determination by the WHO Director-General that the event constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), but does not meet the...
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May 21, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Australia is battling its worst diphtheria outbreak in decades. But vaccines could curb it

Kateryna Kon/Getty Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated, as a potentially deadly infection spreads across four Australian states. Diphtheria is a serious infection caused b...
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May 20, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Blood biomarkers could detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease – and slow its progression

Getty Images Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide, has a long preclinical stage. It potentially begins decades before clinical sympto...
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May 20, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths. Ebola is a rare virus that initially causes...
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May 19, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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May 19, 2026New policy implemented
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What’s the risk of infection from manicures and pedicures?

yaroslav/Pexels Manicures and pedicures are big business, with the global nail care market estimated to be worth US$23.5 billion. But sometimes clients visiting nail salons come away with more than beautiful nails. Several women from Perth recently told the ABC they contracted severe infections afte...
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May 18, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
May 18, 2026
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The hantavirus outbreak is the warning the world needs to improve pandemic preparedness

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images The latest case of a Canadian passenger testing positive shows the hantavirus outbreak isn’t over yet. We can probably expect more cases, given the...
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May 18, 2026
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May 18, 2026
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World Health Assembly opens in Geneva, Switzerland

The Seventy-ninth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA79) opened in Geneva, Switzerland today, with the election of Dr Víctor Elías Atallah Lajam of the Dominican Republic as the Presid...
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May 18, 2026
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May 18, 2026Funding secured
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Director-General presents Award for Global Health to four distinguished leaders

At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has presented four distinguished leaders with the Award for Global Health, recognizing their lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to improving the health and well-being of communit...
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May 17, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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May 17, 2026New policy implemented
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Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming

Getty Images Without immigrant doctors, one expert quoted in a recent report said, New Zealand’s health system “would be more on our knees than we already are”. According to a survey by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, over 43% of New Zealand doctors are trained overseas, the highest...
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May 15, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that

Maskot/Getty Imagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to arrive. According to a federa...
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May 14, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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May 14, 2026New policy implemented
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A man’s been convicted for spreading genital herpes. Here’s why that might backfire

Giza-01/500px/Getty In an Australian first, a Canberra man has been convicted for giving genital herpes to a sexual partner. The man pleaded guilty to the charge of “recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm”, which carries a maximum sentence of 13 years. He will be serving his 13-month sentence,...
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May 14, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Paramedics are facing more danger on the job. Here’s how to protect them

Paramedics face the threat of violence every day. Just this past month, two Victorian paramedics were assaulted. One was stabbed and another pregnant paramedic punched after saving a patient’s life. Authorities warn these incidents are part of an “appalling trend” of escalating violence against par...
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May 13, 2026
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Global health gains face threat of reversal

The world is falling short on health targets, with progress uneven, slowing, and in some areas reversing, according to the World Health Statistics 2026 report, published today by the World H...
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May 13, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Dental funding in this week’s budget is just tinkering around the edges. We need so much more

Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels This week’s federal budget was meant to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers has done little to address a big out-of-pocket health cost...
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May 13, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Urgent care clinics, medicines and vaccines: what the budget means for Australians’ health

Health was at the heart of last year’s budget. Last night, tax and housing took centre stage, and there were few surprises in health. Most new health funding goes to previous commitments and...
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May 12, 2026
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May 12, 2026New policy implemented
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Patient consent is a barrier to training junior doctors on the job – a rule change is needed

Getty Images New Zealand is facing a critical shortage of doctors, both in hospitals and general practice. In my recent research, I argue a strict requirement for patient consent to train junior doctors is one of a number of impediments to medical training. New Zealand is an outlier in requiring p...
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May 12, 2026
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The Conversation - Health
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Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic

For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and cr...
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