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Victoria has rejected advice to set up an injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD, saying an appropriate location couldn’t be found.

Here’s some good news from around the world, as a reminder of the brightness that exists among the darkness of the past week’s news cycle.

Avian influenza, aka bird flu, is an infectious viral illness that primarily spreads among birds like chickens and ducks.

A pill testing centre in Brisbane opened on Friday, becoming the second fixed drug checking site in Australia.

A group of older Swiss women have won a climate lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights, in what experts have called a landmark ruling.

The results from the first Queensland pill testing centre have been shared, less than one week after the first service was staged.

“It’s important that people around the world understand where this technology is headed, whether we ultimately deploy this technology ourselves or not,” OpenAI said.

Scientists used gene editing technology to remove “harmful pig genes”.

In today’s good news, 100 new species have been discovered off the coast of New Zealand, including new fish, snail and coral.

Pill testing in Australia is a loaded subject, full of conflicting opinions and viewpoints. Here we break down the state of pill testing in Australia.

The Federal Opposition has reignited debate about the ban on nuclear power in Australia, so why has been outlawed since the 1990s?

The African country Cameroon has become the first to implement a nation-wide roll out of a new malaria vaccine.

The Victorian Government will set up an inquiry into how the state’s healthcare system addresses women’s pain.

Legionnaire’s disease is feared to be spreading after seven infected people confirmed they were in Sydney’s CBD over the past three weeks.

Kirsty Bryant, 30, has become the first woman in Australia to give birth to a baby from a transplanted uterus.

New safety and quality standards have been introduced to reduce cosmetic surgery risks. This includes a psychological assessment.

Sam Altman has returned as CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, days after being fired by the board.

Hot and dry conditions from an El Niño weather event are likely to continue into May next year, according to the BoM.

A new report has warned there could be more drug-resistant infections caused by the overuse of antibiotics, according to health experts.

Why is bulk billing harder to find? Pressures in the public health system have been exposed in a new report.

Last year, the Australian Government legislated to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

A clinic offering ketamine treatment for depression has opened in Victoria this month.

A Nobel prize has been awarded to two scientists whose discovery led to the first COVID-19 vaccines, years after their original research.

A large number of Australian books have allegedly been used to train artificial intelligence, according to a recent search by the Australian Publishers Association (APA).

It’s that time of year: daylight saving time starts this Sunday. The clocks go forward an hour, and the day gets longer.