11 Nov 2026, 08:01 PM
First Covid lockdowns, then alcohol to your door: rise in young Victorians with liver diseases prompts fears
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While young people are drinking less across the board, one expert says a small minority are actually drinking huge and damaging amounts of alcoholGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRising numbers of young people are being hospitalised with severe, irreversible liver disease, as alcohol-related hospital admissions remain above pre-pandemic levels after peaking during Covid lockdowns.A new Burnet Institute report, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Fare), analysed nearly two decades of Victorian health data to examine the prevalence of alcohol-associated harm. Continue reading...
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