Private hospitals are set to take public patients as part of an attempt to reduce WA’s growing elective surgery waitlist, which has blown out to more than 33,000 people.
Peter Law
Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda, with climate change, tropical diseases and COVID-19 on the agenda.
Ignatius Ssuuna
Four of WA’s biggest COVID-19 testing clinics are set to close and staff sent elsewhere, WA Health has revealed.
Peta Rasdien
COVID-19 vaccines cut the global pandemic death toll by more than half during the first year they were rolled out, according to a world-first study.
Miriam Fisher
The once envied destination of Perth has plummeted 26 spots on the global liveability ladder, but Premier Mark McGowan has stood by his City.
Briana Fiore
The Australian National Health and Medical Council examined the use of e-cigarettes and found that those who smoke electronically are more likely to turn to tobacco.
Going on a holiday has a a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing and can even benefit people with dementia, Perth researchers have found.
A fourth case of monkeypox has been recorded in Victoria amid an international outbreak. All four cases involve people who have recently returned from Europe.
Mibenge Nsenduluka
A groundbreaking new review has revealed women are significantly more likely to suffer from long COVID, and will experience substantially different symptoms than their male counterparts.
Health authorities have reported another eight COVID deaths in WA and a rise in ICU admissions as daily case numbers dip.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has fallen for the first time since records began more than 70 years ago.
Luke O'Reilly
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up efforts to diagnose new monkeypox cases in the United States, with 142 so far identified.
Zeke Miller
It’s baffling why in a prosperous State like WA with a $5.6 billion Budget surplus, the McGowan Government is dragging its feet on making life a bit easier for girls and young women.
Angela Pownall
An online calculator developed by Australian scientists could help cancer patients know which treatments are best suited for them and ultimately save lives.
Farid Farid
UK health authorities say investigations into community transmission of polio are ongoing after it was detected in sewage samples in London.
Jennifer Rigby
WA Health has revealed babies ingesting liquid nicotine are among a shocking increase in reported vape poisoning cases in Western Australia.
Hundred of nurses and midwives across NSW will stop work over the state latest budget saying it is "more smoke and mirrors"
Scientists asked more than 600 women aged 18 to 82 about their experiences of orgasm both in solitary and partnered contexts. The results were surprising to say the least.
Xantha Leatham
NSW Health has released a comprehensive plan to reduce hepatitis C as a public health concern in the state by 2028.
WA’s COVID infection toll has jumped again a day after an MP questioned whether the McGowan Government’s reliance on ‘faulty’ RATs needed to be reviewed.
Australia’s biggest private health insurer is set to return another $205 million to its members just as they grapple with the rising cost of living.
Cheyanne Enciso
The Greens have urged the South Australian government to give health workers a thank-you payment for the dedication during the pandemic.
Tim Dornin
The Queensland government says the Commonwealth should fund more medical student placements so states can grow the nation's health workforce.
Marty Silk
The Australian Government is working to protect the country from future pandemics — making a funding commitment to a new international fund.
Kimberley Caines
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