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Well, I'm doomed: How this cancer treatment can help men live longer
Kate Aubusson A major Australian-led prostate cancer trial found a hormone-blocking drug dramatically reduced the risk of relapse among very high-risk men, prompting calls to change the standard of care for these patients and potentially save thousands of lives.
Landmark moment: Sydney scientist's world-first cancer breakthrough revealed
Rachel Rasker, Kate Aubusson A world-first mRNA cancer vaccine has dramatically cut the risk of melanoma recurrence and death in a landmark large-scale trial that signals a new era in personalised cancer medicine. The Australian-led Phase 3 trial found that adding a tailor-made cancer vaccine reduced the risk of the recurrence of melanoma or death by 42 per cent, compared with patients who were only given the immunotherapy drug, pembrolizumab (sold as Keytruda).
Struck off podiatrist convicted for posing as practitioner on national TV, treating patients
Kate Aubusson A disgraced former podiatrist has been convicted of posing as a registered healthcare practitioner after he treated patients and appeared on national television, warning viewers of the perils of pointy shoes while he was suspended. Heassan Al Hamid continued to work as a podiatrist, made several media appearances and promoted his practice on social media for 18 months after his suspension in February 2024, Parramatta Local Court heard.
Patients left waiting for surgery after hospital inbox ignored for months
Kate Aubusson A Sydney hospital is urgently contacting patients who are overdue for surgeries after their admission referrals were found in an unmonitored inbox months after they were sent. Canterbury Hospital launched an urgent review after being alerted to the inbox containing more than 3000 emails, including referrals for patients needing urgent elective surgery.
A senior Sydney hospital manager asked a court to stop sending patients. Here's why
Kate Aubusson A clinical director at St Vincent's Hospital has asked a Sydney court to stop sending people accused of crimes to their overwhelmed emergency department as magistrates divert rising numbers of mentally unwell people from the justice system to public hospitals.
He had a ‘strikingly unusual’ condition. But this nurse knew instantly Joe Massa was very unwell
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‘Tell your child you believe them': Why young people start to doubt their own bodies
Kate Aubusson For Jaimie Sheil, an outcome more terrifying than being diagnosed with some awful complication is that when she arrives at an emergency department, doctors will tell her that she is just fine. “It sounds ridiculous,” said Sheil.
‘Shocking disregard': Elon Musk, X condemned at royal commission
Kate Aubusson A counsel assisting the antisemitism royal commission unequivocally condemned X and its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, for using Holocaust images to justify platforming gruesome footage from the Bondi Hanukkah terror attack, after the platform ignored repeated requests to appear before the commission.
‘Shocking disregard': Elon Musk, X condemned at royal commission
Kate Aubusson, Alexandra Smith A counsel assisting the antisemitism royal commission unequivocally condemned X and its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, for using Holocaust images to justify allowing gruesome footage from the Bondi Hanukkah terror attack to appear online, after the platform ignored repeated requests to appear before the commission.
Chilling footage shows shark moments after Coogee Beach attack
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Why is cancer so hard to cure?
A crisis of confidence can come from the most unassuming sources. For Darren Saunders, it was a simple question from his young daughter. The cancer biologist had been feeling pretty optimistic about developments in the search for cancer cures, with “whole new classes of treatments coming through”. “I was going around telling everybody about all these amazing things we can do and the advancements we’ve made in understanding cancer.
Herd immunity in doubt without national strategy to boost vaccine uptake: experts
Public health experts are warning Australia risks never reaching herd immunity for COVID-19 without a comprehensive vaccination strategy from the federal government including an advertising campaign to convince vaccine-hesitant people to get their shots. © AAP Image/Joel Carrett Commuters wearing face masks uses leaves Wynyard Station in Sydney, Sydney, Monday, May 17, 2021.
NSW 9 million vaccines away from considering open borders: Premier
© 2021 Getty Images SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 10: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to media during a press conference at a mass COVID-19 vaccination hub on May 10, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park is equipped to administer 30,000 vaccine doses a week or around 5,000 vaccinations per day. The centre will administer both Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to eligible people.
Man in Sydney's eastern suburbs tests positive to COVID
A Sydney man with no known links to coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine has tested positive for COVID-19. © (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the man, aged in his 50s, who lives in Sydney's eastern suburbs, returned a positive result on Wednesday morning. Urgent genomic testing is under way to determine if the case is genetically linked to anyone in the quarantine system or cases in other states.
NSW's plan to manufacture mRNA vaccines locally
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 and other viruses would be manufactured in NSW under an ambitious plan that would create a new vaccine and therapeutics industry. © (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images) New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian The state government has convened a team of scientists to determine how the high-tech vaccines and a range of treatments can be made locally.
Vaccine confidence holds despite AstraZeneca woes
© Getty The survey was completed prior to the death of a 48-year-old Central Coast woman who experienced TTS after receiving an AstraZeneca dose. More than three in four Australians included in a recent survey still wanted to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or said they had already had their shot in the days after the federal government announced AstraZeneca was no longer the preferred vaccine for people aged under 50.
Quarantining at home on the agenda for travelling Australians
© AAP Prime Minister Scott Morrison Prime Minister Scott Morrison has canvassed options for allowing Australians to travel overseas for funerals or business before opening the door to mass travel. The plans include the possibility of having those travellers quarantine at home on returning. News of the move came as authorities confirmed the Therapeutic Goods Administration was investigating the death of a Central Coast woman days after she received a COVID-19 vaccination.
Anthony Fauci's words of COVID warning for Australia
America's top COVID adviser says Australia cannot rely on vaccines and border controls to protect its population, warning no country is safe while the virus is allowed to spread beyond its borders. © (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.
NSW to push ahead with mass-vaccination hub despite AstraZeneca concerns
© 2021 Getty Images NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says her government will forge ahead with plans for a mass-vaccination hub despite a huge overhaul to the country's vaccine rollout. The NSW government temporarily paused its deployment of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday after the Commonwealth announced it would prioritise Pfizer for people under 50 amid concerns of rare but potentially dangerous side effects linked to the AstraZeneca shot.
NSW temporarily suspends rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine
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NSW temporarily suspends rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine
© Getty NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian looks on as NSW Minister for Health and Medical Research Brad Hazzard addresses the media. The NSW government has temporarily suspended the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to all age groups after Australian medical experts warned of its rare but potential blood clotting side effects.
NSW hospitals hunt for rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
NSW emergency departments are scouring medical records for blood clot cases linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as international medicines regulators inch closer to declaring the vaccine may cause the extremely rare condition.
COVID-19 mass vaccination centre set to open in Sydney
A mass vaccination clinic capable of inoculating tens of thousands of people against COVID-19 every week will soon open in Sydney to supercharge the state's rollout. © Getty NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the mass vaccination hub would be located at a new commercial building in Homebush and capable of administering 30,000 doses a week to the general public.
Federal government accepts NSW offer to help rollout COVID-19 vaccines
© Kate Geraghty/Alex Ellinghausen Hazzard-Berejiklian-Morrison composite The general public will be able to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations from state-run hubs and clinics in a major departure from the federal government's planned rollout. Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday announced Prime Minister Scott Morrison had accepted NSW's offer to help the Commonwealth vaccinate the state's six million residents.
Vaccine promises broken as feud erupts between NSW, federal government
© Getty Premier Gladys Berejiklian Almost 80,000 COVID vaccines promised to NSW by the federal government arrived too late to be administered on time, data obtained by the Herald reveals. The revelations come after Health Minister Brad Hazzard accused the federal government on Wednesday of seeking to undermine his state's vaccine rollout amid claims NSW was lagging in its delivery of COVID-19 shots.
Vaccine feud erupts between NSW and federal government
© Getty NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Health Minister Brad Hazzard Health Minister Brad Hazzard has accused the federal government of undermining his state's vaccine rollout over claims NSW has been slow to administer COVID-19 vaccines, revealing a shipment of 45,000 doses was "dumped at our front door" with no warning.
Two infectious COVID-19 cases travelled to Byron Bay from Queensland
© Getty Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said the COVID-19 positive nurse and her sister were detected on Sunday night and the source of their infections is under investigation. The COVID-19 virus may have spread across the Queensland border into NSW after two cases travelled to Byron Bay and visited venues popular with holidaying Sydneysiders while unknowingly infectious.
Manhunt for hit-and-run driver after woman pinned to wall in Rosehill
© Getty Police are searching for the driver of a Skoda Octavia allegedly involved in the incident at 6.30pm on Penelope Lucas Lane in Rosehill. A woman was left badly injured after she was pinned to a wall by a hit-and-run driver in Sydney's west on Saturday evening. Police are searching for the driver of a Skoda Octavia allegedly involved in the incident at 6.30pm on Penelope Lucas Lane in Rosehill. Emergency services arrived on the scene after reports a pedestrian had been struck by a car.
Just what the doctor ordered: COVID-19 conqueror leaves NSW in a fine state
© AAP NSW Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant If there was ever a time NSW's Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant could rest on her laurels, being named the state's Woman of the Year seems like a pretty good one. A quick kip would be well-deserved as NSW records its 52nd consecutive day of zero locally acquired COVID-19 cases. So long as she doesn't recline on her right side.
Don't hold NSW back: Premier calls for extended use of vaccine hubs
© Getty NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian The federal government's vaccine roll-out could take months longer than anticipated if it does not accept an offer from NSW to increase the number of vaccination hubs. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said her state was ready to extend the use of 99 hospital hubs in the next phase of the roll-out, as she received one of the first AstraZeneca doses at St George Hospital on Wednesday.
NSW launches AstraZeneca mass vaccination machine
© Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks at a press conference before receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine at at St George Hospital in Kogarah on March 10, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. NSW will begin administering the AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine across the state from today, with vaccination hubs at St George and Hornsby Hospitals with frontline workers, healthcare staff and vulnerable persons to receive injections as a priority.
No new COVID-19 cases in NSW as vaccination shots on target
© Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian arrives for a press conference before receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine at at St George Hospital in Kogarah on March 10, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. No new COVID-19 cases have been detected in NSW following a Sydney quarantine worker testing positive after visiting several locations across the city, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed on Monday.
PM to get coronavirus vaccine in first phase, Berejiklian to wait her turn
© Getty Prime Minister Scott Morrison, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard talk with staff at the Sydney Local Health District Vaccination Hub in Camperdown during a simulation of Covid-19 vaccine process on February 19, 2021 in Sydney.
COVID-19 vaccines for 35,000 NSW frontline workers within three weeks
© Getty The vaccines will be administered by appointment at three central hubs located at Westmead, RPA and Liverpool Hospitals, Ms Berejiklian confirmed at a press conference on Wednesday morning. More than 35,000 of Sydney's frontline workers will roll up their sleeves to receive a COVID-19 vaccine within just three weeks from Monday.
COVID vaccination rollout could be faster than expected, Berejiklian says
© AAP Image/Paul Braven NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is seen during a press conference in Sydney, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. NSW will revert to the two-square-metre rule for indoor and outdoor events and masks will only be compulsory on public transport and in taxis and Ubers. The NSW government is hopeful of a more rapid introduction of the COVID-19 vaccination across the wider community, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says.
NSW records 23rd day of zero local cases, investigation into positive traveller continues
© AAP NSW's Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Jeremy McAnulty said extensive investigations were ongoing into the source of the infection of a returned traveller who flew into Sydney from South America. NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases for the 23rd day in a row, assuming an overseas traveller who tested positive two days after leaving quarantine is found to have caught the virus overseas.
One-third of Australia's COVID-19 vaccines expected to come to NSW
© 2021 Getty Images One-third of COVID-19 vaccines destined for Australia are expected to come to NSW as Premier Gladys Berejiklian lobbies the federal government to put thousands of state quarantine workers at the front of the queue. The sheer number of quarantine and frontline healthcare workers in NSW makes allocating the lion's share of vaccine doses to the state a simple equation, several state and federal public health and policy staff told The Sydney Morning Herald.
Premier receives ‘sympathetic ear' of PM for vaccine roll-out in NSW
© 2021 Getty Images SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 03: New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks at a press conference at State Parliament on February 03, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. New South Wales recorded it's 17th consecutive day with no community transmission of COVID-19. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images) Premier Gladys Berejiklian may have won over Prime Minister Scott Morrison with her proposal that NSW quarantine workers come first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine.
First NSW COVID-19 vaccine hubs revealed, as domestic borders prepare to reopen to Sydney
© AAP A man wearing a face mask waiting for a light rail service in Sydney. The state's first COVID-19 vaccination sites have been revealed, showing health authorities will run 11 vaccine hubs concentrated at the largest hospitals across NSW. Royal Prince Alfred, Westmead, Liverpool, Hornsby, St George, Nepean, Newcastle, Wollongong, Coffs Harbour, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga hospitals will be the first sites to offer "Phase 1a" priority groups the Pfizer vaccine from next month.
‘Things have changed': Some restrictions eased as NSW strikes balance
© AAP NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian NSW will be forced to accept incremental easing of COVID-19 restrictions — despite recording 10 days of zero community transmission — due to the emerging threat of virus strains from overseas. Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday a handful of restrictions would be eased across Greater Sydney from Friday, but said it would be at least two weeks before hospitality venues could permit one person per two square metres.
NSW on alert as family tests positive to South African COVID-19 mutation
© 2020 Mark Evans "There will be mutations arising everywhere," says NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant. NSW is on high alert after a family of four tested positive to a highly contagious coronavirus mutation from South Africa and the discovery in Queensland of a UK variant that has forced restrictions on anyone arriving from the Greater Brisbane area.
'It's very volatile': Berejiklian under pressure over mask wearing as NSW records 10 new local cases
© AAP NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces increasing pressure to implement mandatory mask wearing after NSW recorded 10 new cases of local transmission, three linked to the Croydon cluster. A further five cases were linked to the Avalon cluster and one to a medical transport worker grouping. The final case, from western Sydney, remains under investigation.
Fears house parties could turn New Year's Eve into a super-spreader event
© Wolter Peeters Sydney NYE 2019. The 9pm New Year's Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour, viewed from Mrs Macquarie's Chair. 31 December 2019. Photo: Wolter Peeters New Year's Eve house parties are the biggest threat to containing a new Sydney coronavirus cluster, prompting concerns that restrictions on the number of visitors allowed in homes will be flouted.
NSW records 18 local COVID-19 cases including six linked to new Croydon cluster
© AAP NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian NSW has recorded 18 local COVID-19 cases, including six linked to a new Croydon cluster and three which were announced. The inner west cluster is related to members of an extended family. However, Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant expects more cases to emerge linked to this new cluster in coming days. Nine cases are linked to the Avalon cluster and six are linked to a new Croydon cluster.
More than 40 COVID-19 cases across Greater Sydney spark outbreak fears
© AAP NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant Forty-three COVID-19 cases have been detected in people living in Greater Sydney outside the northern beaches outbreak epicentre this month, stoking fears that any lapse in vigilance would allow undetected chains of transmission to fester in secret.
Mystery COVID cases emerge in Greater Sydney as testing numbers plummet
© AAP NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian Health authorities are still searching for the sources of five mystery cases outside the northern beaches that have intensified concerns the virus is spreading in Greater Sydney as testing numbers shrink. NSW recorded seven local cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Boxing Day, six linked to the Avalon cluster, and one case under investigation.
NSW records seven new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases
© Getty Seven new virus cases in New South Wales, Avalon cluster grows to 122 NSW recorded seven local cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to Boxing Day, all of which were linked to Sydney's northern beaches. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Sunday that six of the new cases were confirmed as part of the Avalon cluster and the seventh was under investigation, but the person had attended the Belrose Hotel. Health authorities are investigating the missing link between that man and the Avalon cluster.
The virus detectives working to quash Sydney's Christmas COVID-19 cluster
© AAP NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian Thousands of virus detectives, lab technicians and healthcare workers are working around the clock to quash the coronavirus cluster threatening Sydney's Christmas and the freedoms they worked doggedly to protect all year. Just when NSW's COVID-19 defence teams had allowed themselves to hope they might sail through to the new year without another major outbreak, they're back hunting down every possible chain of transmission seeping out of Avalon.
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