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Picture: Jo Chandler

Plagued: A too personal account of the disease crisis on our doorstep

Story by Jo Chandler

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Photo: Velizar Ivanov/Unsplash

It was love at first swipe. And then, the pathology came back …

Words by Jona Jaupi

Science

3010: Researcher makes lung cancer breakthrough

Video by Benjamin Silvester

and Jakeb Fair

Health

Stigma in medical community slowing hepatitis C eradication

Words by Charlotte Grieve

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State Coroner opens inquiry into the ill wind that claimed 10 lives

Words by Charlotte Grieve

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"With any disease there's a range. I'm one of the lucky ones": Ian Davis. Photo: Charlotte Grieve

How a doctor turned his shattering diagnosis into a defining mission

Words by Charlotte Grieve

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Picture: Danielle O'Neal

Smoke and mirrors: Health experts try to navigate the fog on vaping

Words and Pictures by Danielle O’Neal

Society

Let’s talk labia – because nobody else is

Words by Danielle O’Neal

Society

Pregnant pause: When motherhood ain’t all it’s cracked up to be

Words by Genevieve Stanley

Chronic pain a chronic problem; needs holistic solution, say experts

Words by Krati Garg

Fertility focus growing for young cancer survivors

Words by Samantha Lock

Doctors who want to talk about dying

Words and pictures by Kate Stanton

Taking to your pod for a pep-up

Audio report by Buffy Gorrilla

Vaping protesters not quitting in their pro-Quit cause

Words and pictures by Bess Maria Zewdie

When triple-0 isn’t always the first call in an emergency

Words by Jackson Graham

Getting the picture right on mental illness

Words by Kate Stanton

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About The Citizen

THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Qiyun (Gwen) Liu
  • Audio & Video editor: Louisa Lim
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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