Australians with cancer are living longer but diagnosis rates on the rise for younger people, report reveals

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that cancer survival rates in Australia have reached a record high, with the five-year survival rate climbing from fifty percent to seventy-two percent over three decades. But the same report flags a troubling trend: childhood vaccination rates are falling while cases of measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough are rising. Health experts have expressed concern about the declining immunization coverage.

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