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A non-COVID medical breakthrough: People over 60 now have access to a blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
Why it matters: The existing PET brain scan test costs some people about $5,000 and often isn't covered by insurance, AP reports.
Scores of bushfires are threatening parts of Australia during a record heat wave — including an out-of-control blaze that prompted evacuations in Sydney Sunday and another fire ravaging the popular Queensland tourist destination of Fraser Island.
Why it matters: New South Wales' fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons told Channel 9 Sunday it's the "worst day" for fires since last season's deadly "Black Summer" bushfires, when temperature records were broken across Australia — including in Sydney, which reported its hottest November night this weekend.
