The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse
Kamal Sonavane knew she’d pass out if she chewed smokeless tobacco one more time. It was a scorching April afternoon in the middle of another of India’s brutal heat waves, …
Public Health
Victorian family’s six months of agony before discovering tiny battery was behind daughter’s sickness
A Victorian family has launched legal action after it took doctors half a year to find a button battery swallowed by their daughter. Shaylah Carmichael’s parents were sent on an …
Methamphetamine traces detected at multiple Brisbane parks, in 7NEWS investigation
Parents are being warned about the prospect of methamphetamine contamination in public spaces after a 7NEWS investigation found traces of the drug at multiple southeast Queensland parks. Of the 15 …
How to Get Your 4 Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests (2023)
Another Covid-19 variant is spreading, but there’s an updated vaccine and four more free tests are available for every household in the US—including US territories and military addresses—starting September 25. …
Rachel’s best friend of 20 years took his life. She’s putting ‘one foot forward’ for mental health support
Rachel Lee remembers the last time she heard from her best friend of two decades, Daniel Stone. “He sent me a message just full of hope and happiness, and he …
Aspiring Adelaide rapper with epilepsy remembered for generous soul
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died Friends and family have paid tribute to aspiring Adelaide rapper Tyrone Anthony …
A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis
Using an unblemished femur from the same burial site as a control, his lab extracted degraded DNA present in the bone, sequenced it, and identified strings of nucleotides that resembled …
Inside the Race to Stop a Deadly Viral Outbreak in India
On the morning of September 11, critical care specialist Anoop Kumar was presented with an unusual situation. Four members of the same family had been admitted to his hospital—Aster MIMS …
Ozempic shortage in Australia sparks new supply rules
The national medicine regulator has introduced restrictions on the prescription of diabetes drug Ozempic to help manage an international shortage. Danish company Novo Nordisk advised the Therapeutic Goods Administration that …
Victorians warned as cases of infectious skin disease Buruli ulcer increase
Victorians have been urged to stay on high alert as cases of a flesh-eating bacterial infection increase in the state. Coburg grandmother Fiona Wordie first felt an itch on her …