For people living with invisible illnesses, staying healthy isn't just about yearly check-ups - it can mean spending their life savings just to feel okay.

Through Chloe Sargeant's decade-long journey to diagnosis, we examine the true cost of chronic illness... and why sometimes all someone needs is for you to listen rather than offer advice.

And in headlines today A judge has thrown out Justin Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Blake Lively and his $250 million defamation claim against The Times; An Aussie journalist has been shot with a rubber bullet while reporting on the LA immigration raid protests; Greta Thunberg has been taken by Israeli authorities who boarded the aid ship she was on headed to Gaza; Aussie actress Sarah Snook has won a Tony Award for her roles in The Picture of Dorian Gray

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