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Headlines on health

Headlines on health

By: SBS
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 Follow the latest news about health and wellness, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Politics & Government
Episodes
  • 'Adult’ pressures hit hard as UNICEF warns teens are losing hope

    'Adult’ pressures hit hard as UNICEF warns teens are losing hope
    Nov 24 2025
    A new report from UNICEF Australia has found less than a third of Australian teens are feeling excited or hopeful about their futures. Mental health issues and anxiety around 'adult' challenges like housing and money are key drivers of declining wellbeing. For marginalised children and teens, these kind of pressures are felt even more acutely.
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    5 mins
  • 'Isolation and shame': Australians are avoiding perinatal mental health support, new research reveals

    'Isolation and shame': Australians are avoiding perinatal mental health support, new research reveals
    Nov 22 2025
    Around one in four Australians are failing to seek support when experiencing perinatal mental health issues. Experts say the data released by the Gidget Foundation highlights a lack of awareness around signs and symptoms, and ongoing stigma around the issue.
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    8 mins
  • Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong

    Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong
    Nov 19 2025
    State premiers have come together for an urgent meeting, as tensions rise over reaching a new public hospital funding deal with the federal government. A new report from the Grattan Institute also finds Australia's hospitals are wasting more than $1 billion a year on avoidable spending.
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    4 mins
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