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Hostile to elated: Nurses overwhelmingly approve new pay deal
Victorian nurses and midwives have backed the 28.4 per cent pay rise over four years. The deal ends months of tense talks between their union and the government.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Hiring freeze and cuts to surgery, stationery: Hospital chief’s warning over ‘challenging’ budget
Western Health has imposed a hiring freeze, cut back elective surgery and told staff to look for other savings as it grapples with state government budget cuts.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Rachel Eddie
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Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite
With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals, some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.
- by Jewel Topsfield, Henrietta Cook and Benjamin Preiss
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When rats ruled The Rocks and fear stalked the streets of Sydney
The year was 1900 and public enemy number one in Sydney was the plague-infected rat.
- by Tim Barlass
The highly contagious virus potentially linked childhood asthma cases
Cat Irvine believes her son, Parker, developed asthma as a result of multiple RSV infections. The five-year-old now carries an asthma puffer with him at all times.
- by Henrietta Cook
The common condition that can cause too much shame to be named
Incontinence affects everything from sex lives to sport participation and self-image. Yet research reveals it is rarely discussed and many go without treatment.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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These medicines have been life-changing for Jill and Paddy. Not everyone can get them
With 1.5 million Australians now living with diabetes, advocates are pushing the government to protect the supply of drugs such as Ozempic and fund glucose-monitoring technology.
- by Angus Thomson
Nurses fought back against their union for better pay. Here’s what’s now on the table
The leadership of the nursing and midwifery union was last month left reeling when members rejected an earlier deal they were expected to accept.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Lachlan Abbott
Revealed: The aged care homes failing to vaccinate residents
Almost 100 aged care facilities have COVID-19 vaccination rates below 10 per cent, as the sector faces 161 more active outbreaks than this time last winter.
- by Mary Ward
IVF at a fraction of the cost: Perth clinic disrupts infertility market
The Baruahs know how torturous infertility treatment can be, having spent seven years enduring it. But when they finally held their son, “everything changed.”
- by Claire Ottaviano
Beneath the skin: Stronger warnings needed for women taking acne drugs
One in 35 women of reproductive age use oral retinoids. There are fears too few are warned of the dangers if they become pregnant.
- by Henrietta Cook