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Health authorities to assist Upper Hunter councils test for PFAS in drinking water

Upper Hunter drinking water supplies to be screened for PFAS.

Newcastle Herald

Australian demand for overdose drug naloxone more than doubles after spike in synthetic opioid deaths

Take Home Naloxone program, which allows access without a prescription, sees rise in use after reports multiple people who unknowingly used laced drugs died

The Guardian - AU

Health warning as reported cocaine causes heroin deaths

NSW health authorities are urging drug-users to carry naloxone, after drugs purported to be cocaine have turned out to be heroin and caused multiple deaths.

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'Protect babies': disease dubbed the 100-day cough hits record numbers

NSW Health urged people to get vaccinated for the disease.

Newcastle Herald

Cancelled surgeries, long wait times expected as nurses, midwives strike

Workers are asking for a one-year 15 per cent pay rise.

Newcastle Herald

NSW health minister apologises to women failed by maternity care after birth trauma inquiry

Ryan Park pledges to fast-track a number of initiatives, including to improve access to continuity of care and ensure informed consent

The Guardian - AU

'Absolutely disgusting': Hunter nurses, midwives fight for better pay

'People are just fed up.'

Newcastle Herald

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Mpox cases on the rise amid global health emergency

Mpox cases are rising in Australia's eastern states, with certain groups of sexually-active men in particular urged to seek out free vaccines.

AAP

'Who's responsible?": Lack of hospital equipment cleaning a deadly problem

Study shows the problem causes infections and deaths.

Newcastle Herald

Fears for mothers and babies amid rural health crisis

The NSW rural health system is facing a deepening crisis, with an inquiry finding little has improved since a damning 2022 report exposed serious flaws.

AAP

'Critical': IV fluid shortage hits Hunter hospitals, threatening treatments

'The critical disruption to supply of IV fluid bags is ongoing.'

Newcastle Herald

Upper Hunter Q fever: health and safety advisor seeks workers' compensation

Upper Hunter council questions whether infection counts as injury

Newcastle Herald

Hunter town's drinking water above advised radiation levels

Further testing is required.

Newcastle Herald

Public sector back-to-office order prompts confusion

Government sector staff have been told to start primarily working from the office but department heads issued their own advice at odds with the premier.

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Afternoon Update: mortgage holders’ cash rate freeze; Trump backs EVs after ‘rot in hell’ comment; and human remains found inside croc

RBA keeps cash rate unchanged at 4.35% for sixth meeting in a row

Newcastle Herald

Anglican Care's nursing home site sell-off 'not in good faith' say critics

Community expected 'sustained, long-term healthcare services'

Newcastle Herald

'Life-threatening disease': Get tested for hepatitis to save your liver

A quarter of people with the disease don't know they have it.

The Conversation

Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?

About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure.

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NSW Health issues flu warning: 'Children under five at highest risk'

The search for better ways to prevent respiratory infections.

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom gummies: powerful cannabis product could have caused ‘disturbing hallucinations’ and hospitalisations

The recall of Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies has sparked concerns that the product contains psychoactive cannabinoids

AAP

Non-urgent trips draining regional ambulance paramedics

Rural paramedics have long taken issue with ambulances being used to transport non-critical patients, and now an audit has revealed the scale of the problem.

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Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies Urgently Recalled After Multiple People Hospitalised Since April

Uncle Frog's Cordyceps and Lion's Mane Mushroom Gummies have been recalled after multiple hospitalisations.

The Guardian - AU

‘We are really sorry’: man behind Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies apologises after people hospitalised across Australia

Exclusive: Rohan Bandil says ‘this was not the intention’ after hallucinations and unexpected toxicity leads to health warnings and nationwide recall

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom gummies recalled Australia-wide after customers hospitalised with ‘disturbing hallucinations’

Authorities say products contain ‘unapproved novel food ingredients’ as company Uncle Frog states ‘consuming the whole bag could … make people feel weird’

The Conversation

No more recreational vaping for Australians. From October, vapes will be sold over the counter at pharmacies

The Australian Senate is set to pass a bill that will see the end of all vape sales – regardless of nicotine content – from general retailers. From July 1, non-nicotine vapes will no longer be permitted for sale outside of pharmacies.

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