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Angus Thomson

Angus Thomson

Angus Thomson was a health reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Four-month-old Zyven receives his routine polio immunisation at Tokorara Urban Health Clinic in Port Moresby. The clinic is one of dozens gearing up for a third vaccination campaign since a polio outbreak was declared last May.

Inside the fight to stamp out polio in one of Australia’s closest neighbours

As Australia’s childhood vaccination rates continue to fall, Papua New Guinea’s outbreak shows what can happen when herd immunity is lost.

  • Angus Thomson

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Eli Lilly says the federal government’s offered price was “unviable and unsustainable”.

‘Unviable’: 450,000 Australians to miss out on subsidised weight loss drug

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly on Friday declined a recommendation to have the government subsidise its Mounjaro drug for Australians with Type 2 diabetes.

  • Angus Thomson
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) president Professor Jennifer Martin (left), with RACP president-elect Dr Sharmila Chandran in a file picture.

‘Truly bizarre meeting’: Police called to medical college vote

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has been in turmoil for months due to an ongoing dispute between its president and her elected successor.

  • Mary Ward and Angus Thomson
Despite a 12-year age gap, the sisters were extremely close. They are now buried just metres apart.

After her sister died, Jessica went for a check-up. Four months later, she was dead

The loss of two daughters in four months has taken Cheryl Webber from Dubbo to the NSW Supreme Court – and placed a spotlight on the medical service caring for them.

  • Angus Thomson
Nick Rohrlach can give blood from Monday.

Nick’s mum can give blood. He can’t. Today, that changes

Lifeblood expects the new donor rules will add 20,000 more donations to Australia’s blood supply every year.

  • Angus Thomson
Nurses and midwives march through Sydney’s CBD during one of three statewide strikes in 2024.

‘Mixed emotions’: How a record pay increase left nurses disappointed

Nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases after the court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued.

  • Angus Thomson
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The Penington Institute described a 28.5 per cent fall in medicinal cannabis sales as a ‘market correction’ following a tightening of prescription rules by regulators.

Cannabis sales plummet as regulators crack down on booming industry

The medicines watchdog has conceded the current rules are outdated, but some have warned against reforms that could force the industry back underground.

  • Angus Thomson
Michael Angok, 30, escaped detention after being transported to Bankstown Hospital from Villawood on Wednesday.

Manhunt after child rapist escapes custody at Sydney hospital

Michael Angok, 30, had earlier been transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. It’s the latest of several escapes from NSW hospitals.

  • Angus Thomson and Riley Walter
Dr Annalyse Crane giving three-year-old Hamish Gray his first nasal spray flu vaccine at Family Medical Practice in Kirrawee, alongside his father, Ben.

How to keep your child safe from the flu – without a needle

Two-thirds of children are terrified of needles. Now, they don’t need one to be protected from the flu.

  • Angus Thomson
Ashton was born with a genetic condition and waited twice as long as was advised for important surgery.

The children waiting years for a 15-minute procedure

One in 10 patients are waiting more than a year for ear surgery, leaving children such as Ashton and Rowdy at risk of learning delays and long-term hearing loss.

  • Angus Thomson