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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
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  • SBS Speaks to Dr Marianne Jauncey about NSW's only medically supervised injecting centre

    SBS Speaks to Dr Marianne Jauncey about NSW's only medically supervised injecting centre
    May 30 2026
    New South Wales’ only medically supervised injecting centre is calling for urgent legal reform to allow more sites to open across the state. It has been 25 years since the centre opened in Sydney’s Kings Cross, becoming the first supervised injecting facility in the Southern Hemisphere. Staff have since supervised more than 1.3 million injections, managed more than 12-thousand overdoses without a single death, and made more than 25-thousand referrals for treatment and care. For more, SBS spoke with the centre's Medical Director Dr Marianne Jauncey.

    New South Wales’ only medically supervised injecting centre is calling for urgent legal reform to allow more sites to open across the state.


    It has been 25 years since the centre opened in Sydney’s Kings Cross, becoming the first supervised injecting facility in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Staff have since supervised more than 1.3 million injections, managed more than 12-thousand overdoses without a single death, and made more than 25-thousand referrals for treatment and care.

    For more, SBS spoke with the centre's Medical Director Dr Marianne Jauncey.
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    15 mins
  • Ebola numbers continue to rise

    Ebola numbers continue to rise
    May 26 2026
    Cases of Ebola continue to rise in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of suspected cases approaching 1,000, and suspected deaths at more than 200. Aid groups are warning they need more funding to tackle the disease, and health workers and volunteers are working to educate people and quash misinformation.
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    5 mins
  • INTERVIEW: May is Lupus Awareness Month. SBS has spoken to mental health advocate Jenny Lai about her journey

    INTERVIEW: May is Lupus Awareness Month. SBS has spoken to mental health advocate Jenny Lai about her journey
    May 23 2026
    Every May, Lupus Awareness Month is recognised around the world, to highlight the chronic autoimmune disease which is still widely misunderstood. Lupus affects over five million people globally, and many of those affected are women. Jenny Lai is a mental health advocate whose Lupus diagnosis was a catalyst in her mental health journey. She has spoken to SBS' Alyssa Chandler.
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    10 mins
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