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'Traffic light' ecolabels on fast food menus could nudge us towards more sustainable choices
International
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
JAMA Health Forum
Heatwaves could be linked to more hospital visits for mental health issues
Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA
Monash University,The University of Sydney,University of Otago,Adelaide University,The University of New South Wales,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Queensland
Nature Health
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EXPERT REACTION: First case of deadly H5 bird flu in a local Australian seabird detected
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA; TAS
Australian Science Media Centre
Modelling reveals Sydney’s 1789 smallpox outbreak killed as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS
Flinders University,James Cook University,ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH),The University of New South Wales,University of Wollongong,Deakin University,Monash University,The Kids Research Institute Australia,University of Tasmania
Nature Human Behaviour
Dr AI might lead real doctors to mistrust contradicting advice
International
University of the Basque Country, Spain
PLOS Digital Health
Feeling like you're losing your sense of smell is linked with depression
International
University Hospital St Pölten, Austria
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
Trade in your smelling salts for chocolate to help your gains at the gym
International
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Frontiers in Physiology
Culturally tailored maternity care lifts healthy birth rates for First Nations families
Australia; VIC; QLD; NT
La Trobe University,Royal Women's Hospital,Charles Darwin University,The University of Melbourne,Griffith University,Deakin University,Mercy Hospital for Women, Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s at Sunshine Hospital
The Lancet eClinical Medicine
Pregnant women may avoid child protection out of fear and mistrust
Australia; QLD
Griffith University
Child and Youth Services Review
The power of conversation post-childbirth: Midwife-led birth debrief strengthens perinatal mental health
Australia; WA
Edith Cowan University
BMC Public Health
Concerns about AI health-prediction models trained on unreliable datasets
Australia; QLD
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
BMC Medicine
Obesity drugs may not improve your quality of life
International
Sichuan University, China
The BMJ
'Liquid gold' breast milk donations reduce the rate of life-threatening disease in Australian premature babies by more than a third
Australia; NSW; VIC
Australian Red Cross,The University of New South Wales,La Trobe University,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The University of Melbourne
Australian Journal of General Practice
One-size-fits-all charts for foetal growth could often miss at-risk babies
International
Perinatal Institute, Birmingham, UK
The BMJ
High hunger hormone level linked to anorexia might help predict risk of relapse
International
Institut de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026
Meningococcal B vaccine ineffective in gonorrhoea prevention for men who have sex with men
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,Griffith University,The University of New South Wales,Monash University,The University of Melbourne,The University of Queensland
New England Journal of Medicine
Hidden pathway drives COVID-19 infections
Australia; VIC
La Trobe University,WEHI,The University of Melbourne
Nature Communications
After the rupture: how communities carry collective trauma and find healing
Australia; NSW
The University of New South Wales
New York's stray cats are littered with parasites
International
Rowan University, USA
PLOS One
A cubesat that can detect thermonuclear weapons in space
International
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Nature
New deep-sea measurements show how the ocean floor forms
International
University of Brest (France)
Nature
Indigenous peoples in the Amazon face massive cultural and ecological loss due to climate change
International
University of Zurich
Nature
People with depression may be more likely to chase likes on social media
International
Princeton University, USA
JAMA Psychiatry
How much does a child's birthweight influence their growth through childhood?
International
University of Bristol, UK
JAMA Network Open
Non-invasive brain zapping could help people with depression
International
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
JAMA Network Open
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EXPERT REACTION: Australia's latest health report card reveals strengths and weaknesses
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
WHO says fighting cancer now less about what we don't know and more about what we don't do
International
World Health Organization (WHO)
What do we know about pregnancy in transgender men?
International
Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Beans for blokes, broccoli for women: Which veggies protect young hearts?
Australia; WA
Edith Cowan University,The University of Western Australia
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
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EXPERT REACTION: Major Telstra outage hits phones, public transport, traffic lights, and card payments
Australia; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
‘Can I be a zombie for another two years?’ Why Aussies are having fewer kids
Australia; SA
Flinders University
Women's Reproductive Health
Australian cancer trials are getting worse at reporting sex differences - putting patients at risk
Australia; NSW
George Institute for Global Health
Research Integrity and Peer Review
Rethinking the one-night sleep study
Australia; SA
Flinders University
npj Digital Medicine
Affluent neighbourhood mozzies are more likely to be unfazed by the pesticide haze
International
University of Georgia, USA
Open Science
In an emergency, we'd rather follow the crowd than those right in front of us
International
Instituto de Productos Lacteos de Asturias (Spain), University of Leeds (UK)
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Two in five women with ovarian cancer only diagnosed after an emergency hospital visit
International
London School of Hygiene andTropical Medicine
BMJ Oncology
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