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Baby's brain tumour highlights 'nightmare' experience with private health insurance
1 August 2019 - Kylie Catterick's son Josh was just four-and-a-half months old when she realised something was wrong and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
Children in the UK are having their lives saved by a new Meningococcal B vaccine our government won’t fund
27 July 2019 - There is a vaccine for the Meningococcal B disease that’s killed two Australians this month and left ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2019
Mum needs $100,000 to treat baby son with infantile hypophosphatasia
23 July 2019 - A baby boy will only live for a few months without a $100,000 medication that is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
Infants with cystic fibrosis to breathe easier with new PBS listing
22 July 2019 - The Australian Government is expanding access to a critically important medicine on the PBS that will help ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2019
A drug that treats cystic fibrosis has been listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
21 July 2019 - A medication to treat cystic fibrosis that costs patients up to $380,000 a year has been added ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Toddler died of only meningococcal strain not on vaccine program
18 July 2019 - A toddler has died after contracting meningococcal B, the only strain of the potentially deadly disease with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2019
Perth boy battles cystic fibrosis, with a life extending drug frustratingly out of reach
15 July 2019 - In many ways Connor Barrett is just like any other kid - he loves Peppa Pig ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Family to stay in Australia after son with cystic fibrosis initially deemed a 'burden'
8 July 2019 - A Victorian family at risk of being deported back to their homeland of Ireland after their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Ford government to fund Spinraza, world’s most expensive drug - with age caps
12 June 2019 - The Ford government today announced it will be covering the cost of the drug Spinraza for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2019
Rotorua toddler faces being 'trapped in his own body', parents plead for Spinraza drug funding
5 June 2019 - The last time the Rotorua Daily Post spoke to Rotorua mum Anna Sutherland, her son Heath ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2019
Why one Nova Scotia boy is being treated with drugs that cost $6 million a year despite a better, cheaper alternative
5 May 2019 - Last summer, Health Canada approved a haemophilia drug called Hemlibra that has the potential to change Callum ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Kiwi father's emotional plea to Jacinda Ardern to fund life saving drug for rare disease
15 April 2019 - The parents of two young girls diagnosed with a rare disease have urged Prime Minister Jacinda ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Future in cancer treatment arrives for Australian children and young adults battling leukaemia
15 April 2019 - Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health today announces availability of novel life-saving cancer treatment CAR-T ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
Saving Charlotte: Bennett to present Parliament with petition calling for funding of SMA drug
14 April 2019 - A 15,000-strong petition calling on PHARMAC to fund a drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Family faces deportation from Australia after son diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
10 April 2019 - Anthony and Christine Hyde's application for permanent residence in Australia has been rejected - because of their ...