A coroner has been asked to investigate six deaths after allegations a senior hospital staff member didn't report them as legally required.
Ethan James
NSW's biggest children's hospitals have reported a 92 per cent reduction in overdue surgeries in nine months.
Samantha Lock
The biggest study yet on Ozempic and Wegovy has found their key ingredient is hugely beneficial for heart patients, with cardiologists describing it as the biggest breakthrough since statins.
Kate Pickles
Women suffering from urinary tract infections can keep getting treatment at NSW pharmacies, rather than having to visit a doctor, as a trial is made permanent.
Alex Mitchell
St John of God Health Care will close its Bunbury maternity ward next month because of a ‘chronic’ staff shortage in regional WA.
Jake Dietsch
Thousands of infants have been immunised against RSV but doctors are urging more parents to take up the free immunisations as the peak season for the potentially deadly virus is just weeks away.
Claire Sadler
A shocking number of young doctors witness bullying, discrimination or harassment in the workplace despite overall improvements in the WA Country Health Service.
Oliver Lane
A Bunbury family whose four-year-old daughter is dealing with debilitating seizures and memory loss have been dealt another massive blow after Friday’s tornado destroyed their home.
Lee-Anne Petchell
A WA nutritionist has warned not all yoghurts are created equal — and some are even desserts in disguise. Find out which yoghurts are best for your health and which ones to avoid.
Katie Hampson
A Perth coroner has chastised the East Metropolitan Health Service over the glacial pace at which it has ligature minimised the doors at a locked mental health ward after the death of a woman in 2020.
Hannah Cross
Children who use phones or watch television at mealtimes are much more likely to be overweight, a study has found.
Life satisfaction is higher for people in countries who have access to the internet, an international study has found.
Staff Writers
A young Australian's near-death experience produced a silver lining when it prompted his brother to get tested for a life-threatening condition.
Katelyn Catanzariti
A peak medical body is calling for urgent end-of-life care funding in the Queensland budget and an explanation as to where previous funding has gone.
Fraser Barton
Workforce shortages and non-invasive technology is being blamed for the Victorian government lowering its target to deliver 240,000 elective surgeries a year.
Callum Godde
There have been an enormous number of surgeries cancelled the day of or before they were set to go ahead at WA hospitals due to beds not being available.
A majority of West Australians are still having to open their wallet to see a doctor with less than one in 10 GP clinics across the State fully bulk-billing.
WA interpreters who translate for some of the State’s most vulnerable — including sex assault victims and voluntary assisted dying patients — are calling for greater protections from psychosocial harm.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Back, front or side? The position you favour has the potential to trigger its own set of health issues, from acid reflux to brain health.
Nick Harding
A review into the mental health treatment provided to a man who allegedly murdered a woman and attacked another has called for patient management changes.
Holly Hales
Experts say there needs to be greater design innovation in palliative care but attempts at change are being hamstrung by state governments.
Cassandra Morgan
A review of Tasmania's hospital emergency departments has come up short and state and federal governments need to do more, Australia's peak medical body says.
Adrian Black
A $45 million investment in a series of pre-fabricated units to be installed on hospital grounds is being used to lure more health workers to regional NSW.
HUGH PENNINGTON: Without the COVID vaccines, many thousands more would have died. And I am probably one of them.
Professor Hugh Pennington