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How a devastating virus tricks your immune system

Dr Berry standing in front of images detailing the structure of the CMV protein.

Almost 2000 Australian babies are born each year with CMV, a virus contracted from their mother which can leave them with permanent disabilities such as blindness, developmental delays, epilepsy and cerebral palsy.

'We cannot cure everybody': Doctor faces grilling

Dr Kiran Phadke fronts a hearing at NSW Parliament House.

A parliamentary inquiry has been swamped by the former patients and their families and friends, of Dr Kiran Phadke, the clinical oncologist and haematologist under investigation for practising outside clinical guidelines.

NSW Health allays fears over 'outbreak' claim

"There was not an outbreak of tuberculosis in October in Sydney": Health authorities insist.

Health authorities have moved to allay fears over a reported 'outbreak' of tuberculosis, after a Sydney man with TB misdiagnosed with asthma and lung cancer before he received appropriate treatment.