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Administration eyes national hepatitis C treatment plan - Roll Call

Treatments for the hepatitis C have been around since 2013, but high costs and red have slowed efforts to stop the spread.

Roll Call · Oct 25, 2022

Medibank customers at risk: What you need to do now

Medibank customers have been left vulnerable after a hack. Here's what customers need to do to protect themselves.

The New Daily · Oct 25, 2022

All Medibank customers' personal data was compromised in the cyber attack. Who is at risk and what should customers do?

Millions of Medibank customers may have had their information stolen, with the company revealing hackers accessed the personal data of all customers across its Medibank, ahm and OSHC brands.

ABC News · Oct 25, 2022

Rural women waiting years for breast reconstructions 'horrific' and 'unacceptable', say doctors

Rebecca Smyth is among thousands of women in regional Australia forced to wait years longer than women in cities for breast reconstructions after mastectomies. Doctors and patients say the 'horrific' situation is unacceptable.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

Optus and Medibank hacks prompt government to increase fines for massive data breaches to a minimum of $50 million

The financial penalty imposed on companies that suffer serious or repeated privacy breaches will be increased to at least $50 million.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

GOP is bad on abortion — and inflation

Republicans have no ideas on how to fix the economy — and what they are planning will only make things worse

Salon · Oct 21, 2022

What we do (and don’t) know about the Medibank hack

More than 3.7 million Medibank customers are anxiously waiting to find out whether their personal medical information has been stolen.

The New Daily · Oct 20, 2022

Preterm birth drug saga reflects broader issues with FDA process

Congress may still try to reform the FDA's accelerated approval process this year.

Axios · Oct 20, 2022

Grattan on Friday: Politics of future budgets likely to get harder for Albanese government

When Kevin Rudd made Bill Shorten parliamentary secretary for disabilities in 2007, the post was a good deal less than the high-profile new MP’s ambition for a ministry.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: GOP promises to gut your Social Security, Medicare if it takes power

It used to be a truism that no elected office-holders would dare to tamper with Social Security if they wished to keep their jobs.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 20, 2022