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05/11/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

A flesh-eating disease is spreading in Australia and officials have no idea how to stop it

A frightening flesh-eating disease is currently making its way across Australia, and puzzled scientists and officials aren’t sure how to stop this mysterious condition from wreaking havoc. Cases of an infection known as Buruli ulcer have spiked in recent years in the country, rising 150 percent from 74 cases in 2013 to 186 in 2016. […]

03/27/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Australia about to ban unvaccinated children from preschools and daycare

Will unvaccinated children soon be banned from daycare centers and preschools in the land down under? Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken it upon himself to call upon state and territory leaders to move towards “nationally consistent laws” regarding vaccination. According to The Guardian, Turnbull intends on taking his sweeping jab initiative to the […]

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