Australia Health News API

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            "title": "Young ‘superspreaders’ targeted in bid to avoid repeat of deadly flu season",
            "description": "The state hopes an expansion of its nasal spray flu vaccine program will encourage more people to get inoculated following last year’s horror flu season.",
            "content": "May 19, 2026 — 4:15pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nThe state’s nasal spray flu vaccination program will expand to target more young superspreaders in a bid to stave off another de... [3432 chars]",
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            "title": "‘Biggest diphtheria outbreak’ in decades spreads into Queensland, SA and WA",
            "description": "Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death",
            "content": "The health minister, Mark Butler, has expressed concern about “the biggest diphtheria outbreak we’ve seen, certainly for decades” as the serious bacterial infection spreads through the Northern Territory and into bordering states.\nDiphtheria, which c... [4221 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/diphtheria-outbreak-australia-spread-vaccine-northern-territory",
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            "title": "Two people die from Murray Valley encephalitis in Alice Springs, sparking NT health alert",
            "description": "Two people have died from Murray Valley encephalitis in Alice Springs, sparking a health alert for the rare mosquito-borne disease across the Northern Territory.",
            "content": "In short:\nThe Northern Territory has recorded two deaths from mosquito-borne disease Murray Valley encephalitis, both in Alice Springs.\nResidents and visitors throughout the territory are being urged to take steps to protect themselves from the virus... [2722 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/two-nt-deaths-from-murray-valley-encephalitis-alice-springs/106696620",
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