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Odour inquiry doesn't clear the air for some residents

After years of enduring fetid odours in their backyard, residents of a Queensland city fear a new inquiry into health effects will only deliver a "half job".

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Phew! Residents to finally get their say on waste odour

A public inquiry will be held into the health impacts of noxious odours from waste facilities - which can mimic raw sewage - on suburban householders.

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Hundreds Of Vials Of Viruses Including Hantavirus Missing From Government Lab

Among the 323 missing samples are Hendra virus and Lyssavirus.

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Infectious virus samples missing after state lab bungle

An investigation has been launched after a laboratory lost hundreds of infectious virus samples, but a state government has played down the public health risk.

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Mental health decline for smartphone, social media gen

Parents should talk to their children about excessive social media and smart phone use after data showing a rapid decline in young people's mental health.

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Social media use linked to spike in teen self harm

Queensland's chief health officer has issued a warning about the "public health problem" of social media to young people.

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Ross River virus: more than 1,500 cases recorded in Queensland as mosquito numbers spike

Easter long weekend campers warned to cover up to avoid bites, with cases also recorded in NSW and Victoria

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Long Covid may be nothing unique in the future – but its effects today are still very real

While the long-term risk from a current infection is 10 times less than it was in 2020-21, a lot of people are still suffering after getting Covid early in the pandemic

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Time to stop using 'long COVID' - Qld health chief

John Gerrard says 'long COVID' wrongly implies something unique, sinister and exceptional when all viruses have long-term effects.

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Time to stop using term ‘long Covid’ as symptoms no worse than those after flu, Queensland’s chief health officer says

Researchers compared the symptoms and impairment of Covid and influenza patients a year after they tested positive

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Ross River virus warning, thousands of cases predicted

A 'sudden uptick' in detections of Ross River virus has sparked warnings thousands could be infected with the mosquito-borne disease this summer.

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Covid infections rise in Sydney as JN.1 variant drives cases across Australia

Case numbers were higher in the fortnight ending 6 January than during the 2023 winter peak, NSW Health data shows

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Alert over summer spike in COVID, respiratory illnesses

An '"unusual" spike in respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 and influenza has prompted a pre-holiday warning from a state's chief health officer.

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Australian military called in as far north Queensland devastated by floods

Towns cut off leaving people without power and at risk from crocodiles after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper dumped 2m of rain

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Defence force deployed to north Queensland flood zones as thousands remain without power and supplies run low

Rain is finally easing, but emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north, with communities from Cooktown to Innisfail cut off by record flood waters

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December rainfall records smashed – as it happened

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‘Disgusting stench’: the Queenslanders fighting for clean, fresh air

Residents say they are ‘sick and tired’ of foul smell that hangs over their Ipswich homes and have called for public health inquiry

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Car park build probed as source of fungus cluster

Construction of a car park at a Brisbane hospital is being looked at as a possible source for a fungus cluster that has affected five heart-transplant patients.

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Free flu jabs to remedy Queensland vaccine fatigue

Queenslanders will be able to get free flu jabs from 2024 amid concern "vaccine fatigue" is contributing to a low rate of people getting their shots.

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Chicken blamed for three-state listeria outbreak

A commercial chicken product is the probable cause of nine listeria cases in Queensland, NSW and Victoria, according to health investigators.

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Lead detected in water supplies for Atherton Hospital and Yarrabah Health Facility

Routine testing of water at Atherton Hospital and Yarrabah Health Facility picked up the lead contamination, according to Queensland Health

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Study finds long COVID symptoms 'on par' with influenza in vaccinated population, but infectious diseases expert raises concerns

The study compared the symptoms of Queenslanders who had COVID and influenza 12 weeks after testing positive.

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Rate of long COVID-19 symptoms mirrored by flu patients

Long-term symptoms that last more than three months are not unique to COVID-19 among a highly vaccinated population, a study in Queensland shows.

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Early-season flu spike prompts call to get vaccination

The Queensland premier and chief health officer are urging residents to get flu jabs after more than 6300 influenza cases have been recorded this year so far.

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About 4 million Queenslanders contracted COVID-19 at least once in 2022, Chief Health Officer says

About 4 million Queenslanders contracted COVID-19 at least once last year, infecting more people in a single year than any other virus in the state's history, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said.

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