Healthcare
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Robots
‘Die as a human or live forever as a cyborg’: Will robots rule the world?
Will nanobots and brain chips help us thrive – or could cyborgs wipe us out?
- by Sherryn Groch and Tim Biggs
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What are the new restrictions for Greater Sydney?
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has introduced several new restrictions for the state to come into effect from 5pm Friday after a surge of unlinked COVID-19 cases in the community.
- by Sophia Phan, Jenny Noyes and Amelia McGuire
McGowan unveils $41.5m in COVID lockdown grants for WA businesses
Metropolitan and some regional businesses will be able to access $3000 grants from the WA government to cover losses from the state’s four-day lockdown as the premier flags further travel restrictions for people trying to leave New South Wales.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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Coronavirus pandemic
Best of both worlds? Should we mix or match vaccines?
Can you try a Pfizer before or after an AstraZeneca? What about a Moderna with a Sputnik V? A quick guide to the science.
- by Sherryn Groch
The cost of homelessness in WA’s public hospitals and how the state could save millions
Housing homeless people could save the state government millions of dollars and free up much-needed hospital beds in the public health system, new research has shown.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Epidemiologists hopeful a week will be long enough to quash Delta spread
Top epidemiologists say health authorities had no choice but to extend Sydney’s lockdown and the extra time should be enough to crush the latest outbreak.
- by Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward
What are the new COVID-19 restrictions for Victorians?
Masks are off in some workplaces and crowds will increase at public events under the new rules.
- by Mathew Dunckley
Doctor’s remorse over baby deaths at Bacchus Marsh Hospital
VCAT has accepted allegations that the hospital’s director of obstetrics, Surinder Parhar, failed to properly review the deaths, keep adequate records and supervise junior staff.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Genetics
Curing cancer, designer babies, supersoldiers: How will gene-editing change us?
Saving lives or playing God? Why are the stakes so high in genetic engineering?
- by Sherryn Groch
Anatomy of an outbreak: Tracking every case in NSW’s COVID-19 clusters
The Herald has tracked every case to look at how the virus multiplied to lead to the first widespread lockdown since the national lockdown that began in March last year.
- by Pallavi Singhal and Matthew Absalom-Wong
Perth lockdown lifted with two-stage step-down: what the new rules mean for you
A four-day lockdown will be lifted at midnight on Friday with restrictions to be stepped down until potentially going back to life before the shut down from July 12.
- by Peter de Kruijff