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

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

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.

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

The chair of a health professional lobby group is calling on the federal government to change laws on claims against practitioners.

SEATTLE — Sen. Patty Murray was locked in her office in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when she said she decided to run for a sixth term. If she wins she would be among the longest serving senators in U.S. history.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday rejected a push from congressional Democrats to get rid of the statutory debt ceiling, calling the idea of doing so “irresponsible.”

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.

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

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