As scientists learn more about coronavirus, they’ve made a startling discovery about its ability to kill the very cells...

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13th April 2020 10:04 AM

The Prime Minister says we need to keep schools open for herd immunity but other people have rubbished such claims.

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17th March 2020 10:03 AM

A viral video in which a Wuhan woman claims she witnessed coronavirus patients being cremated alive is “false information”...

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28th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

A man flew on two international flights this week before arriving in Brisbane on Tuesday morning while unknowingly...

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21st Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Four months ago Kannika McClelland was working as a dental nurse when she suddenly fell ill. Days later she was in a coma...

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19th Feb. 2020 9:02 AM

After an idyllic holiday, chaos unfolded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. And for this Brisbane student and others on...

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19th Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

An eight year old boy from Wuhan is the latest to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Australia. He was part of a tour that...

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05th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

For weeks Michelle struggled with nausea and keeping food down and had no idea why — until an ultrasound revealed the...

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22nd Jan. 2020 10:01 AM

The deadly coronavirus could be declared an international public health emergency as a US man is diagnosed and cases...

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22nd Jan. 2020 7:01 AM

2000 passengers on an Aussie cruise ship have been evacuated after a lethal gastro outbreak.

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15th Nov. 2019 8:11 AM

The man reported frequent vomiting, muscle weakness and regular seizures but it took years for doctors to discover the...

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07th Nov. 2019 8:11 AM

Claudia Wright is often asked if she is pregnant, but for the young woman from Perth, it couldn’t be further from the...

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08th Oct. 2019 10:10 AM

Cases of severe lung illnesses related to vaping are surging, as more deaths are blamed on the practice and doctors plead...

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07th Sept. 2019 8:09 PM

Wives and girlfriends often mock their male partners when they complain of a “man flu”. Turns out struggling blokes...

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12th June 2019 4:06 PM

LAST year 50 per cent of Aussies said they weren’t planning on getting the flu vaccine.

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24th May 2019 2:05 PM

Jerome Kunkel sued his high school for forcing students to be vaccinated against chickenpox — now there’s been an...

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09th May 2019 2:05 PM

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18th April 2019 3:04 PM

Parents speak about heartbreak for their son who in ten years time won't be able to walk anymore

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18th March 2019 4:03 PM

A little girl’s parents thought she had trouble smiling, but they soon found out their four-year-old daughter had something...

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26th Feb. 2019 10:02 AM

A 101-year-old woman has died after contracting meningococcal disease — the first case of the disease in South Australia...

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04th Jan. 2019 11:01 AM

The illnesses are highly contagious and easily transferable in environments where children are in close proximity.

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13th Sept. 2018 8:09 AM

DAYS after an Emirates plane landed with 100 people ill, two more flights have just landed in the US with sick passengers...

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07th Sept. 2018 11:09 AM

EMIRATES has confirmed that a number of its passengers arriving in New York from Dubai have reported feeling “seriously...

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06th Sept. 2018 6:09 AM

CRUSHED fans fumed last night as Pink cancelled her concert at the last minute. Many of them don’t realise the pain she has...

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07th Aug. 2018 11:08 AM

CONCERTGOERS were devastated when the singer cancelled her Sydney show at the last minute because of a virus.

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07th Aug. 2018 6:08 AM

THIS superhero-enthusiast with a sharp sense of humour helped his parents plan his funeral arrangements, including what his...

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18th July 2018 10:07 AM

THE rise of the relatively unknown human parechoviruses, which can cause severe infection including blood poisoning, has...

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30th April 2018 8:04 AM

PASSENGERS who arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Singapore last week are being urged to look for symptoms of measles...

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27th April 2018 11:04 AM

EMMA Watkins, who is better known as the Yellow Wiggle, has revealed she will be taking time out to have surgery for a...

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13th April 2018 8:04 AM

The flu shot covers the four prevalent flu types most experienced in the recent northern hemisphere winter.

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12th March 2018 6:03 PM

AN OUTBREAK of norovirus in Bundaberg is affecting a school community, with a health warning published in a newsletter to...

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28th Feb. 2018 4:02 PM

'I LIVE a life I never planned for': How a simple ear infection became a one-in-a-million deadly disease

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26th Feb. 2018 6:02 AM

Every day is pain for hospital-bed ridden Bianca Baxter, who has suffered 99 broken bones, fractured fingers and toes with...

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23rd Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

THE horrifying sensation of parasites wriggling inside her feet had nothing on the excruciating pain of them dying.

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06th Feb. 2018 10:02 AM

THE rising cost of healthcare expenses is forcing Australians to raid their retirement savings early, with the trend...

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09th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

TOM was floored by an illness and then — as swiftly as they arrived — the symptoms vanished. Little did he know what was...

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13th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

A TOOWOOMBA family's life changed when their nine-day-old son was diagnosed with a virus which would soon take his life.

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09th Nov. 2017 8:11 AM

Mackay woman is facing her second cancer diagnosis, beating breast cancer already in 2014

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09th Nov. 2017 6:11 AM

IV ozone treatment "turning point” in life with Lyme disease

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08th Nov. 2017 5:11 PM

COMPARED to the rest of Queensland the Sunshine Coast is doing pretty well when it comes to heart health, but are we just...

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20th Oct. 2017 5:10 AM

A WOMAN was forced to fork out more than $26,000 to fly her terminally ill husband from Brisbane, so he could spend his...

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04th Oct. 2017 7:10 AM

BRAZEN thieves have put the community's health at risk after breaking in and ransacking the Sunshine Coast House Call...

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20th Sept. 2017 12:09 PM

The children all said they were happy to be raising awareness and much-needed funds for muscular dystrophy.

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16th Sept. 2017 6:09 AM

ONE day talented young sportsman Thomas Snell was texting his mum asking for cough lozenges. The next, he was on life...

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10th Sept. 2017 6:09 AM

An insect could be the difference between life or death for a Coast boy fighting against an extremely rare and degenerative...

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24th Aug. 2017 1:08 PM

After falling into floodwater, doctors thought he might have had a head cold but it was an infection that attacked his...

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04th Aug. 2017 7:08 AM

DOCTORS said Jazmin would be dead before she was three.

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04th Aug. 2017 7:08 AM

SIMONE Boulton may have survived a one-in-a-million cancer that had surgeons removing a 2kg tumour, but she and her family...

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01st Aug. 2017 5:08 AM

BREAKING: A highly infectious illness has left a Sunshine Coast school decimated with staff and students...

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27th July 2017 10:07 AM

ONCE happy and healthy, Coffs Harbour-born Jason Lynch was struck down ina matter of months and had his life changed...

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22nd July 2017 9:07 AM