WHO declares mpox global public health emergency

WHO declares mpox global public health emergency

Earlier this year,scientists reported the emergence of a new form of the deadlier form of mpox,which can kill up to 10 per cent of people.

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Does your bottled water contain cancer-causing forever chemicals?

Does your bottled water contain cancer-causing forever chemicals?

The industry is moving to reassure Australian consumers,who are among the most enthusiastic drinkers of bottled water in the world.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘There’s no safe level’:Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia

‘There’s no safe level’:Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia

The drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians has been contaminated. Experts say further testing must be an urgent priority.

  • byCarrie Fellner
The devastating animal pandemic of ‘enormous concern’ to human health

The devastating animal pandemic of ‘enormous concern’ to human health

The outbreak has killed millions of birds and half a billion poultry. Increasing cases in mammals – from cattle to polar bears – has WHO worried.

  • byAngus Dalton
No ‘unusual diseases’:China provides details on respiratory illness outbreaks to WHO

No ‘unusual diseases’:China provides details on respiratory illness outbreaks to WHO

WHO said that there was too little information at the moment to properly assess the risk of these reported cases of respiratory illness in children.

Mystery outbreak of respiratory illness in China alarms World Health Organisation

Mystery outbreak of respiratory illness in China alarms World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation has made an official request to China for more detailed information about an outbreak of respiratory illness and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.

  • byNick Ralston andNatassia Chrysanthos
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Jakarta to spray water mist from high-rises as city chokes on air pollution

Jakarta to spray water mist from high-rises as city chokes on air pollution

President Joko Widodo – said to be battling his own cough exacerbated by the conditions – wants urgent intervention.

  • byLucy Cormack andKaruni Rompies
No more freezing kids in sleeping bags:How the Nunns escaped a house of misery

No more freezing kids in sleeping bags:How the Nunns escaped a house of misery

The Nunn family baked in summer and froze in winter in their Sydney cottage. Building an energy-efficient home changed everything,including their ability to repay their mortgage faster.

  • byJulie Power
Four-fifths of Australian adults have failed to get a bivalent booster. Here’s why that is a problem

Four-fifths of Australian adults have failed to get a bivalent booster. Here’s why that is a problem

A new variant of COVID-19 is on the rise,and the bivalent booster offers better protection from it.

  • byAngus Dalton
Health officials warn of new,highly mutated COVID strain

Health officials warn of new,highly mutated COVID strain

Not much is known about BA.2.86,which was first spotted by virus trackers earlier this week and has already been detected in four countries.

  • byMadison Muller
Farewell my toxic love,it’s been (artificially) sweet
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Farewell my toxic love,it’s been (artificially) sweet

News that an artificial sweetener in Diet Coke may be carcinogenic has forced me to go cold turkey. How I will miss its delicious fizziness.

  • byKerri Sackville