Liam Mannix
Liam Mannix is an investigative journalist at The Age. Before that, he was national science reporter for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Contact him via email or Signal (encrypted) liammannix.18
- Analysis
- Science
It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?
As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic supplement.
- Liam Mannix
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This medical procedure can be extremely painful. Part of the problem is bad research
“Women are now told if you take a couple of ibuprofen, you are fine with the pain. In reality, that is unlikely to be true,” says Professor Ben Mol, professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University.
- Liam Mannix
‘There’s no justice’: Calls for change at Isla Bell vigil
Days after charges against the 19-year-old’s alleged killer were dropped, her mother spoke to a sea of orange – the golden-orange of Isla’s hair – in the CBD.
- Liam Mannix
You can get plastic out of your body. But it's not easy
In a new study, some participants were able to halve the levels of plastic-related chemicals in their blood, but only after an odyssey to build a plastic-free food chain.
- Liam Mannix
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- The restaurant tycoons
Food journalists and critics swooned over Attica. Then their golden boy turned on them
The chef and the critic share a tighter bond than either would like to admit. When Ben Shewry took a kitchen knife to the food media industry, it landed like a nuclear bomb.
- Liam Mannix
US politics news updates: Royals pay respects, meet victims’ families at 9/11 memorial; Iran war has cost $US25 billion to date, Pentagon confirms
Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, King Charles and Queen Camilla’s US state visit and related developments in Australia.
- Jack Gramenz, Sarah McPhee and Liam Mannix
- Analysis
- Healthcare
There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?
With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.
- Liam Mannix
- Analysis
- Science
What goes into a food health star rating – and crucially, what doesn’t
Manufacturers can “game the system” and present ultra-processed foods as healthy. But that does not mean the system is entirely flawed.
- Liam Mannix
US-Iran war as it happened: Trump tells Iran to ‘make a deal before it’s too late’ as US strikes bridge; states agree to cut fuel prices further with GST windfalls
Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.
- Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee and Liam Mannix
Soaring fuel prices force would-be Easter holidaymakers to stay home
Nearly half of Australians are rethinking Easter travel due to spiralling fuel costs.
- Liam Mannix, Chip Le Grand and Nick Toscano