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Weight-loss campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like drug marketing in disguise

If you’ve scrolled through social media or watched TV, you’ve probably seen campaigns featuring women describing how difficult weight loss can be. These say you’ve probably “tried everything”. Then, viewers are encouraged to “talk to a doctor” about managing their weight.

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You can’t shield kids from scary news – here’s what ‘Sesame Street’ and other children’s shows did after 9/11

On back-to-school night in 2005, I eagerly entered my youngest child’s first grade classroom. The walls were festooned with brightly colored responses to the prompt: “Draw something you remember.”

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How does the cancer drug Keytruda work? And how is it different to chemo?

From today, the Australian government will expand Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) access to the drug Keytruda for three additional types of cancer.

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Confused about the NDIS changes? Here’s what’s coming, and what’s still being worked out

After legislating controversial reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) last week, the government’s plan to cut 160,000 NDIS participants and save A$37.8 billion over four years is underway.

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PBS getting ghosted by a cloud storage provider makes me terrified I'll lose all my creative work too

The broadcaster is fighting to retrieve 70 years of footage.

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What to Stream: Alabama Shakes, 'The Whisper Man,' 'Leanne' and 'Star Wars Zero Company'

New streaming entertainment options are arriving soon, including a film adaptation of “The Whisper Man” and a new album from Alabama Shakes

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Bernie Sanders issues a warning as Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, and the likes of them achieve stunning victories: ‘They were all heavily outspent’

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Public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center after its cloud storage vendor goes out of business, losing over 70 years of archival materials and programming

A St. Louis PBS station bought cloud storage from a vendor that has now gone defunct and is now in a legal battle with its landlord for access to its own data

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PBS should fund drug to treat breast cancer, endometriosis and gender dysphoria, experts recommend

Triptorelin, already listed for prostate cancer, should have unrestricted use, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee says

The Guardian - AU

After A Year Of Bombing Suspected Drug Boats, Pete Hegseth signals Strikes On Land

Hegseth singled out Honduras and Guatemala for inviting the United States to partake in combined operations against "narco-terrorists" in their countries.

International Business Times

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation

Public broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can't access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can't simply turn over the files, as it's legally owned by another entity, even if the channel…

Tom’s Hardware

I Don't Think Enough Millennials Talk About How Good PBS Was Back In The '90s

I have always wanted to have a network just like you!

Cinemablend

One Nation is worried about PBS drugs sold on the black market. But how big an issue is this?

One Nation is concerned about subsidised, prescription medicines being sold on the black market, one of several examples of what it says are Medicare “rorts”.

The Conversation

We talk with astronaut Michael Foale about the 1997 Space Station Mir crisis: 'He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders'

'I believe that we, as a crew, saved space station Mir that day'

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How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS

Australia is coming under increasing pressure from international drug companies demanding higher prices for their drugs.

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‘Connection to this place cannot be erased’: Native American leaders gear up for a legal battle after Trump revokes protections for Bear Ears Monument

Multiple Native American tribes consider the land sacred.

AAP

Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs

MS patients have avoided paying tens of thousands of dollars for treatment, with the government keeping key multiple sclerosis treatments on the PBS.

The Guardian - AU

Life-changing MS drugs to stay on the PBS. So why are others under threat – and how is Trump involved?

Health minister Mark Butler confirms Ocrevus, Kesimpta and Lemtrada will stay subsidised amid questions about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

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Nurses will soon be able to prescribe PBS drugs. Here’s what that means for you

Imagine your elderly father is in an aged care home. It’s Friday afternoon, and he’s run out of his regular Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) blood pressure medication and he can’t get an appointment with the GP.

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'Once Upon a Time in Space': How to watch PBS's out-of-this-world astronaut documentary

'It's like you’re going to Oz. It's glimmering, it's beautiful'

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Unfair fees and low competition: why the pharmacy sector needs a shake up

The average Australian visits a community pharmacy 18 times a year – more than any other health service.

AAP

MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

An overhaul of drug pricing in the US is partly to blame for two companies threatening to pull their products from Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The Independent UK

Kansas man killed his estranged wife in argument over Nintendo Switch

‘I shot her...I shot her,’ the husband said in a 911 call, according to police

International Business Times UK

4th Of July Events 2026: Eight Ways To Watch America's 250th Birthday Fireworks Free From Anywhere

The Times Square Ball drops eight times, Mount Rushmore fireworks return, and $17.76 concert tickets mark America's 250th. Here are eight free ways to watch every 4th of July 2026 show.

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‘Life-saving’ drug for people with opioid dependency to be pulled from Australia by end of year

Exclusive: Fears that US companies may withdraw more medicines as global markets react to policy changes by the Trump administration

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