Cancer-linked “forever chemicals” have been found in drinking water sources at levels that exceed overseas guidelines, Sydney Water has confirmed. Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) were detected at levels considered …
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada will provide $1 million to help stem the spread of mpox in Africa as her government assembles a long-delayed plan for how to …
For years Fadwa Mollat missed a simple step in her daily routine which led to a major medical problem at a young age. Over the next 12 years, she racked …
Extroverted by nature, Hunter Karam has always been someone with lots of friends. Yet when the Sydney local was reeling from the end of a long-term relationship in his early …
When Jane Fletcher went into hospital for routine surgery, she never expected to come out with a superbug and a front-row seat to the “silent pandemic”. The health psychologist was …
The choice to use artificial stone slabs for kitchen benchtops and the like could be contributing to an emerging health risk, experts have warned. Silicosis, a condition characterised by irreversible …
A New South Wales family of eight are struggling to make ends meet after the father, Robert Miller, 34, had an aneurysm that was initially believed to be food poisoning. …
Mpox first made global headlines in 2022 when the virus suddenly exploded around the world, spreading rapidly through sexual networks into dozens of new countries outside Africa. The World Health …
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that a case of the viral infection mpox in Sweden is linked to an outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside …
In May 2023, the World Health Organization released a statement declaring the end of mpox—formerly known as monkeypox—as a public health emergency. Just over a year later, the agency has …