Only a handful of Australian toddlers have diets that meet national guidelines for junk food and vegetables, as the majority discover the allure of cakes, ice-cream and lollies far earlier than recommended.A unique study using recruits from new parents groups in Melbourne has found that while most babies are eating enough fruit and vegetables at nine months, the standard of their diets declines rapidly soon after.At 18 months, more than 95 per cent of children are not eating enough vegetables – in findings that indicate there is a widespread failure across the community to reach an ideal...…Only a handful of Australian toddlers have diets that meet national guidelines for junk food and vegetables, as the majority discover the allure of cakes, ice-cream and lollies far earlier than recommended.A unique study using recruits from new parents groups in Melbourne has found that while most babies are eating enough fruit and vegetables at nine months, the standard of their diets declines rapidly soon after.At 18 months, more than 95 per cent of children are not eating enough vegetables – in findings that indicate there is a widespread failure across the community to reach an ideal...WW…

'Huge concern:' Heart attack patients risk lives by delaying hospital treatmentWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSome Victorians with heart attack symptoms waited more than 12 hours before seeking potentially life saving hospital treatment during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a dangerous trend doctors fear could cost lives during the current surge in infections.New research from the...…'Huge concern:' Heart attack patients risk lives by delaying hospital treatmentWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSome Victorians with heart attack symptoms waited more than 12 hours before seeking potentially life saving hospital treatment during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a dangerous trend doctors fear could cost lives during the current surge in infections.New research from the...WW…

Social media chatter skyrockets among Australian ‘anti-vax’ groupsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSocial media chatter among Australian anti-vaccination groups skyrocketed in the past week as the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered amid false claims that the jab would be mandatory.An independent project monitoring online vaccine sentiment for the federal government has reported...…Social media chatter skyrockets among Australian ‘anti-vax’ groupsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSocial media chatter among Australian anti-vaccination groups skyrocketed in the past week as the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered amid false claims that the jab would be mandatory.An independent project monitoring online vaccine sentiment for the federal government has reported...WW…

Scientists call for pause on AstraZeneca vaccine rolloutWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementThe Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology says the federal government should immediately pause the planned rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine because it may not be effective enough to generate herd immunity.Phase three clinical trials of the vaccine, which is the centrepiece of Australia's...…Scientists call for pause on AstraZeneca vaccine rolloutWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementThe Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology says the federal government should immediately pause the planned rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine because it may not be effective enough to generate herd immunity.Phase three clinical trials of the vaccine, which is the centrepiece of Australia's...WW…

South Australia says contact tracing lie led to six-day hard lockdownWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSouth Australian authorities say the state was plunged into a six-day hard lockdown based on a lie told to contact tracers by a COVID-positive worker at an Adelaide pizza shop who had worked alongside a quarantine hotel security guard with the virus.As a result of the discovery, South...…South Australia says contact tracing lie led to six-day hard lockdownWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementSouth Australian authorities say the state was plunged into a six-day hard lockdown based on a lie told to contact tracers by a COVID-positive worker at an Adelaide pizza shop who had worked alongside a quarantine hotel security guard with the virus.As a result of the discovery, South...WW…

'Miracle' baby dies after 'lotus birth' at Melbourne HospitalcloseAdvertisementBy Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe birth of Harlow Eden felt like a miracle to her parents. After 13 years of trying and more than a dozen failed IVF attempts, they had her in their arms, tiny but healthy.As Isy and Michael Laderman cuddled their daughter, a white hospital blanket pulled up to the newborn’s chin, her placenta remained attached via her umbilical cord, which trailed to a salt basket nearby.It was hoped the practice, called a lotus birth, would ease their long-awaited baby’s...…'Miracle' baby dies after 'lotus birth' at Melbourne HospitalcloseAdvertisementBy Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe birth of Harlow Eden felt like a miracle to her parents. After 13 years of trying and more than a dozen failed IVF attempts, they had her in their arms, tiny but healthy.As Isy and Michael Laderman cuddled their daughter, a white hospital blanket pulled up to the newborn’s chin, her placenta remained attached via her umbilical cord, which trailed to a salt basket nearby.It was hoped the practice, called a lotus birth, would ease their long-awaited baby’s...WW…