Carmel Sparke

Carmel Sparke

Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.

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Town turns out for long-time GP diagnosed with motor neurone disease

26th February 2021
A community has turned out in droves in support of their long-time GP after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Dr…
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Lancet removes 'Vit D reduces coronavirus deaths' paper from its website

23rd February 2021
The Lancet has removed from its website a preprint study suggesting Vitamin D could reduce deaths from COVID-19. The paper…
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'The honour of my life,' says doctor who gave Scott Morrison the COVID-19 vaccine

22nd February 2021
It takes a steady hand and nerves of steel to vaccinate the Prime Minister in front of millions of fellow Australians. As…
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Man hears pop songs 'incessantly' in rare case: Aussie docs

19th February 2021
A man was forced to listen to a continuous stream of tracks by artists including ABBA, Whitney Houston and Milli Vanilli in…
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Heroic GP rescues vax fridge from fire: UK

19th February 2021
A UK GP has been hailed as "amazing" for returning to a burning community centre to retrieve the vaccination fridge…
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GPs warned to not prioritise regular patients for COVID-19 vax

18th February 2021
GPs have been warned not to limit the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to their own patients, especially in the early phases…
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Anaesthetists fear they've been left off the priority vaccine list

16th February 2021
Anaesthetists have sought assurance they are at the front of the queue to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the first stages of…
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