Authorities have revealed the test results for a dead migratory seabird found at a beach in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Matt Zis
Let the US’ chaotic Centre of Disease Control be a lesson to any Australian wannabe influencers who solicit political and financial support from vaccine sceptics and their libertarian travelling companions.
Niall Mc Ilroy
John Carey says the new women and babies hospital in Perth’s south remains on budget — but admits the $1.8 billion price tag is likely to be exceeded once the project is fully completed.
Joe Spagnolo
WA Health has extended vaccine eligibility to all Aboriginal people across the State as health authorities battle a growing diphtheria outbreak that has now spread as far south as the Mid West.
Caitlin Vinci
A cardiologist considered so inept he was suspended and booted out of Royal Perth Hospital is working in medical centres around Perth.
Ben Harvey
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented but new WA research suggests current public health warnings are falling short of driving change.
Claire Sadler
Authorities have confirmed another case of H5 bird flu in a migratory bird in WA, outlining details of the latest detections across two Australian states.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Students who suspect their drinks have been spiked — which can result in a $12,000 fine or up to three years imprisonment in serious cases — will now be able to test them for drugs at a Perth university.
Hannah Cross
The once almost eradicated infection has now been detected in the Mid West, Perth metropolitan, Kimberley, Pilbara, and the Goldfields.
Australia’s battle to keep a deadly strain of bird flu out of its poultry industry has entered a new phase, with another wild migratory seabird testing positive for H5 high pathogenicity avian influenza.
Sophie Gannon
Another suspected positive case of the deadly H5 bird flu has been detected in WA’s south, bringing the number of confirmed or suspected cases to four.
Oliver Lane
Another six birds will be tested for the H5 avian influenza virus in WA as formal testing continues on a seabird that will potentially become the State’s third confirmed case of the deadly strain.
Caitlin Vinci and Alexandra Feiam
The Great Southern remains the strongest region for keeping rural doctors in their jobs, with more than half of the region’s GPs staying in their roles for more than five years.
Jacki Elezovich and Amy Towers
A third bird is suspected to have tested positive for the highly infectious H5 strain of bird flu in WA.
Angela Pownall and Caitlyn Rintoul
Authorities confirmed one bird found in the Perth metro area and another in Geraldton are currently undergoing testing.
Caitlin Vinci and Jessica Page
Two more dead birds found just across the WA border are currently being tested for H5N1 bird flu.
As H5N1 bird flu threatens WA, read how the deadly disease spread from a commercial goose farm in China to the first human transmission and death, eventually wreaking havoc across Asia and Europe.
Government officials warn WA to ‘prepare for the worst’ after the dreaded H5 bird flu strain was detected on Australian soil for the first time.
A national report card has revealed a hospital ‘logjam’ is getting worse at a faster rate in WA than anywhere else in the country, pouring doubt on claims the problem is largely due to growing demand.
Jessica Page
A second bird has been confirmed as having the deadly H5 virus that has sparked fears that WA’s wildlife and poultry industry could be decimated.
Katina Curtis and Jessica Page
One of the nation’s major poultry producers, Inghams, has locked down its WA operations after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in two wild birds in Esperance.
Cheyanne Enciso
Western Australia’s multimillion-dollar poultry and agricultural industries are fearing the worst after testing confirmed a deadly strain of bird flu had breached the nation’s borders.
The PREM Bank was Australia’s first formal human milk bank and marked its 20th birthday this year, but is facing a critical shortage.
Angela Pownall
WA is facing its biggest domestic crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic - but this time its is our precious wildlife that is under threat.
