Sasha has a disease so rare,it doesn’t have a name

Sasha has a disease so rare,it doesn’t have a name

An ultra-rare genetic mutation has seven-year-old Sasha Lipworth regressing into infancy. Her diagnosis this month gives her a front-row seat to the future of medicine.

  • byAngus Thomson

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The seven conditions found in former footy players’ brains

The seven conditions found in former footy players’ brains

An Australia-first study tracked six former rugby players during life and after death. All had at least one degenerative brain condition.

  • byAngus Thomson andBillie Eder
‘I can’t find a place to live’:Unlikely alliance to help workers like Lou

‘I can’t find a place to live’:Unlikely alliance to help workers like Lou

Lou Housego is a registered nurse who works on the north shore. But the 67-year-old may be forced out of Sydney.

  • byAlexandra Smith andAngus Thomson
The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

A record number of patients with the most serious,life-threatening conditions were treated by paramedics and emergency departments in the last quarter of 2023.

  • byAngus Thomson
The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department
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The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department

Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses,leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.

  • byAngus Thomson
One passenger in serious condition,11 in hospital after plane drops in midair

One passenger in serious condition,11 in hospital after plane drops in midair

Ambulances met the plane on the Auckland tarmac and treated at least 50 people who were injured during a “drop” mid-flight.

  • byJosefine Ganko andAngus Thomson
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Missing 12-year-old Sydney boy found less than 100 metres from police station

Missing 12-year-old Sydney boy found less than 100 metres from police station

Hussein Al Mansoory was found by staff “safe and well” in the stairwell of an Auburn doctor’s clinic,close to where he was first reported missing.

  • byJessica McSweeney andAngus Thomson
‘Search your yards,sheds,garages,’ police urge in search for missing Sydney 12-year-old

‘Search your yards,sheds,garages,’ police urge in search for missing Sydney 12-year-old

Residents in Sydney’s west are being urged to check their backyards as the search continues for Hussein Al Mansoory,who has autism and Down Syndrome.

  • byJosefine Ganko andAngus Thomson
COVID testing is expensive and unreliable. Scientists think there’s a better way

COVID testing is expensive and unreliable. Scientists think there’s a better way

Your rapid antigen test says you don’t have COVID-19. Your symptoms say otherwise. Australian scientists think they have the answer.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected
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‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected

The $36 million facility,which opens next month,was slated to be demolished under the hospital’s long-term master plan.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Food was a coping mechanism’:What’s behind the obesity surge
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‘Food was a coping mechanism’:What’s behind the obesity surge

An extra 2.5 million Australians are now classified as obese compared with a decade ago. Andrew Wilson says the health system is letting down people like him.

  • byAngus Thomson