Rania Spooner
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne, FL, United States
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Drug-resistant superbugs hitch a ride on Great Barrier Reef turtles
Turtles are carrying - and potentially spreading - superbugs across the Great Barrier Reef after being exposed to human and agricultural waste, researchers warn. → Read More
Melbourne vaccination data: immunisation rates not improving in wealthy inner-city suburbs
Some inner-city areas have lower immunisation rates than they did five years ago. → Read More
Melbourne terrorist Yacqub Khayre: Long history of drugs, guns and crime
The man behind the Brighton terror attack had a long record of serious crimes after being granted bail. → Read More
Poor children face higher risk of early puberty, Murdoch Children's Research Institute says
Children from disadvantaged homes are far more likely to go through puberty early, which may help explain health problems later in life, an Australian study has found. → Read More
HIV drug PrEP praised for helping prevent other sexually transmitted diseases
A drug that prevents the transmission of HIV could help detect and reduce other sexually transmission diseases, a Melbourne sexual health doctor says. → Read More
Melbourne man tests positive to HIV while taking preventative drug
The man was participating in a PrEPX trial, sparking some concern over resistance to the medication. → Read More
Health warning: Measles carried to Melbourne by child on flight from Jakarta
A child infected with measles arrived in Melbourne from Indonesia last weekend, authorities warn. → Read More
Surrogacy for gay couples in Australia
Carla Pincombe's first instinct after giving birth seven weeks ago was not to hold the baby. → Read More
Patient heart rate monitors under observation after they fail to alert carers
Devices to monitor patients' vital signs may be at risk of failing to sound the alarm in emergencies. → Read More
Cancer risk spikes with one type of breast implant
Women with a particular type of breast implant have a much higher risk of developing a rare form of cancer compared with those who used a different product and researchers think they know why. → Read More
Health Tracker: Do you live in Victoria's fittest postcode?
There are only three postcodes in all of Victoria where there are more people who exercise than those who don't. → Read More
Hospital boosts for Melbourne's north and west
Growth corridors in Melbourne's north and west are due to get a hospital boost; while the state government also moves to improve mental health services. → Read More
Hyland's homeopathic baby tablets recalled in Australia over safety fears
Homeopathic teething tablets investigated over links to baby deaths in America are being recalled in Australia. → Read More
Emergency ward monitoring tops $15m package for next thunderstorm asthma crisis
Victoria's emergency control centre will soon be monitoring hospital emergency departments in real time following the freak thunderstorm asthma crisis that saw thousands of people suddenly require urgent respiratory care and claimed the lives of nine people. → Read More
Science of the lambs: Researchers perfect artificial womb that works as well as ewe do
The hope is this technology will one day be used to aid development of severely premature babies. → Read More
Increase in Australian cancer cases linked to breast implants
So far 51 cases of a rare blood cancer linked to breast implants confirmed in Australia. → Read More
Increase in Australian cancer cases linked to breast implants
Five more cases of a rare blood cancer linked to breast implants have been confirmed in Australia, bringing the total to 51 women, including three who have died. → Read More
Hepatitis E: Boy, 6, first to be infected after receiving Australian blood donation
A six-year-old boy has become the first Australian to be infected with the liver-damaging virus hepatitis E by receiving locally donated blood. → Read More
Violent patients put into comas to protect staff, emergency doctor says
Hospitals are putting violent patients into comas as a last resort to protect staff who are being sprayed with blood, held hostage, and bashed on the job, a leading doctor says. → Read More
Sixth case of Legionnaires' disease in Melbourne's CBD confirmed
There have been six confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease, the Victorian department of health and human services has confirmed. → Read More