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Travelling with allergies
If you have a family member with an allergy, a simple trip away can be life-threatening.
Allergy risk may be tied to how you wash your dishes
A new study suggests that parents who wash their dishes by hand, rather than in a dishwashing machine, may unwittingly lower the likelihood that their children will develop allergies.
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Perth boy Oshin Kiszko loses cancer battle after forced chemotherapy
A Perth boy who was forced to undergo court-ordered chemotherapy against his parents' wishes has died on Wednesday morning.
Measles outbreak leads to call for better school records
A measles outbreak that tore through a Melbourne school might have been stopped early if schools faced financial penalties for failing to keep records of unvaccinated students, a report authored by Victorian health department staff argues.
How one seven-year-old's warm heart is helping researchers find 'the best cancer medicine ever'
When Tara Doyle began to understand what cancer was and its evil tendency to take people's loved ones away, the seven-year-old took to her street to busk with a ukulele.
VCE student dies from meningococcal disease
Matthew Wilkins had finished his VCE exams and was waiting for his results when he was struck by a deadly disease.
Girl,4, whose heartbreaking portrait touched thousands around the world, has died
Jessica Whelan, the four-year-old girl with neuroblastoma whose heartbreaking photo touched thousands around the world, has died after a 13-month battle with the illness.
Girl wins right to have body frozen so she can return from the dead
A 14-year-old girl who has died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be "woken up" and cured in the future after winning a landmark court case in her final days.
"It is part of me" – teenager opens up about life with Alopecia
Although it isn't a life threatening condition, it is life changing for the thousands of people who are affected by it.
Heartbreaking film pays tribute to brother's battle with cancer
Making funny films was one way Luka Wolfgram helped his little brother Kosta get through tough times.
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Inventors hope playground-friendly vaccination game will go viral
A young Melbourne doctor and his best mate wanted to find a way to get kids to learn about the value of vaccination. The solution: target the kids, not the parents. Make vaccination not just herd-immunity-cool, but playground-cool.
Girl, 7, with leukemia who asked the world for prayers has "clean" scan results
Last week in a video watched by over 155,000 people, a seven-year-old girl who is battling leukemia, asked the world to pray for her before her upcoming PET scan.
Mum's powerful message to parents after her 12-year-old dies from the flu
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died following complications from the flu, is begging parents to get their children vaccinated.
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