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Australia to ban life insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results

Albanese government says people have been reluctant to get life-saving early testing because of the risk of being refused insurance

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Government to coordinate IV fluid distribution in response to shortage across Australia

Shortages have eased but are expected to continue through 2024, the country’s health ministers say after meeting

The Guardian - AU

IV shortage eases, but constraints likely for months

The shortage of IV fluids in Australia is easing with the Australian Medical Association backing moves to deal with the issue.

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Albanese government pushing for gambling ad cap despite calls for total ban

Labor faces resistance from backbenchers and the Greens, who are calling for a complete ban

The Guardian - AU

Regional and remote Australia most at risk as report warns of worsening GP shortfall

Peak body urges ‘comprehensive policy approach’ to reverse trend whereby more doctors are leaving general practice than adopting it as a career

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Albanese calls Joyce’s bullet comment ‘a new low’ – as it happened

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AMA warns surgeries may be cancelled due to ‘unprecedented’ shortage of IV fluids across Australia

Non-cancer electives could be delayed as early as next week as TGA issues shortage alert for multiple products used in surgery and critical care

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'Grinding halt': shortage could cause hospital chaos

Australia's health system could come to a "grinding halt" within days if a shortage of intravenous fluid isn't addressed, a leading doctor has warned.

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Thousands of patients facing healthcare price hikes after negotiations break down between St Vincent’s and NIB

Australian Medical Association is urging both parties to reach an agreement for the sake of patients

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Pharmacists say they were not consulted on ‘rushed’ Labor-Greens vape deal

Federal health minister counters that Pharmacy Guild did not make submission to regulation inquiry and selling vapes still a decision for individual stores

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition’s nuclear ‘fantasy’; Cape York’s Unesco dream; and Ash Barty’s tennis return

The Coalition began its soft-sell on nuclear energy as the government muscled up to push back

The Guardian - AU

'Scary': move to crack the backs of babies sparks alarm

A controversial decision by Australia's chiropractic board to allow practitioners to resume spinal manipulation on children has been met with fierce backlash.

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This virus nearly killed the AMA chief's son. Yet vaccines remain out of reach

His son, Tim, was afflicted with the virus as a toddler.

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No one wants kids vaping. But is Labor criminalising adults who flout the crackdown?

With the proposed vape ban dividing MPs, the AMA chief has come to Canberra with a blunt message to ‘do the right thing’

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'We need this now': budget overlooks Australian Centre for Disease Control

'The radio silence we've heard is extremely alarming.'

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'Unacceptable': Surgery wait list hits record high

Patients are now waiting almost twice as long as they were 20 years ago for elective surgery, a damning report card on public hospitals has revealed.

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Doctors call for more funding for menopause sufferers

There are big disparities in treatment across class and areas.

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Sugar increase in Fanta and Sprite prompts calls for new tax on Australia’s food and drinks industry

Health experts say government must step in to cut sugar in beverages and tackle manufacturers’ ‘appalling’ behaviour

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Health experts push for less junk in advertising

Australia's peak medical body has called on the federal government to enact tougher laws to ban online junk food ads targeting children.

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Top doctors want ban on junk food adverts

Burgers and fizzy drinks in the medics' sights.

Newcastle Herald

'Elephant in the room': the big issue that could collapse the health system

'There needs to be a radical adjustment of the whole system.'

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$2b budget boost needed for hospitals in 'crisis': AMA

Australia's peak medical body has called for urgent steps to help reform the nation's public health system.

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Australian Medical Association backs proposal to count homelessness deaths

Prof Steve Robson echoes calls from advocacy groups for government to monitor homelessness – something yet to happen in any Australian jurisdiction

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Genetic discrimination in life insurance must end: Drs

Australia's peak medical body has called for a ban on genetic discrimination in life insurance as it reveals patients are less likely to try genetic testing.

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New Zealand to be briefed on Aukus – as it happened

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