Australia Health News API

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            "title": "Diphtheria used to be a major cause of childhood deaths. Now it's back in Australia",
            "description": "Once a major cause of childhood deaths, diphtheria was largely eliminated through vaccination. Health authorities say falling immunity may now be helping the disease spread again.",
            "content": "Australia has recorded its first reported death from diphtheria in almost a decade, after the Northern Territory declared an outbreak of the disease in March.\nThe NT death has renewed attention on the highly contagious bacterial infection, which was ... [5100 chars]",
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            "title": "How Path Of Chronic Pain Can Shift In Children",
            "description": "This is a summary of a story that originally appeared on Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences .How children learn to relate to their bodies while",
            "content": "This is a summary of a story that originally appeared on Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences .\nHow children learn to relate to their bodies while experiencing pain may be just as important as treating their symptoms, according to a new Duke Univers... [754 chars]",
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            "title": "Placenta Clears Away SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy",
            "description": "Early in the pandemic, Yale researchers demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, could infect the placenta during acute",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nPlacenta Clears Away SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy\nEarly in the pandemic, Yale researchers demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, could infect the placenta during acute maternal illness - a condition k... [1050 chars]",
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