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Going too farCommentsPremiumVital ambulance services wasted on drunk West Aussies

WA paramedics have urged Australia Day revellers to celebrate responsibly after new statistics revealed close to 6000 Triple Zero calls were made in 2021 for people who simply drank too much alcohol.

Charlotte Elton

Under pressure‘Internal emergency’: Joondalup Health calls ‘code yellow’

A Perth health campus where staff have warned chronic shortages had left them ‘burnt out’ has issued a ‘code yellow’ alert as workers scrambled to deal with high demand.

Charlotte Elton

‘Super-spreader event’CommentsPremium‘Stay away’: Nursing union calls for WA to boycott Skyworks

The WA Nursing union has urged West Australians to stay home, rather than go to the annual Skyworks fireworks event, describing plans to go ahead as ‘not prudent’.

Charlotte Elton

Read the memo in fullCommentsPremiumREVEALED: WA hospitals’ plan for dealing with Omicron wave

Hospital workers have been told what to expect when the Omicron wave peaks in WA via a Chief Health Officer memo, including elective surgery cancellation and ambulances reserved for patients who need them.

Peter Law

HealthDisability staff with COVID still working

Two COVID-positive disability support staff in regional Victoria have been granted an exemption to continue working.

Emily Woods

Alarming findingsCommentsPremiumTikTok slammed for portraying cannabis use in positive light

More than half of the cannabis-related videos on TikTok portray the drug in a positive light — while less than five percent warn users against it.

Charlotte Elton

HealthNT records 517 new COVID-19 infections

COVID-19 continues to spread through remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory with more than 500 new cases recorded.

Aaron Bunch

HealthWA back to school plan,18 COVID-19 cases

Western Australia has detected 14 locally acquired COVID-19 cases and four infections linked to travellers.

Aaron Bunch

Intensive careVideoPremiumEmergency COVID patient revealed as man in his 60s

A Perth patient with COVID-19 who was rushed to the ICU of a metro hospital Monday night can be revealed as a 61-year-old man.

Staff writers

HealthQld has 11 virus deaths, 9,546 new cases

Qld's virus death toll has increased by 11 as the state records another 9,546 COVID-19 cases and a double dose vaccination rate of just under 90 per cent.

Nick Gibbs

HealthWA detects 13 new local COVID-19 cases

Western Australia has detected 13 locally acquired COVID-19 cases and two infections linked to travellers.

Aaron Bunch

Confirmed casePremiumPerth primary school deep-cleaned after COVID-19 result

The start of the new school year has already been marred by a positive COVID case in a primary school — a week before students even return to class.

Bethany Hiatt

HealthResearchers find new way to treat listeria

Listeria infections could pose less of a health risk to pregnant women and people with immune deficiency after a discovery by researchers in Queensland.

AAP

On alertVideo‘Get tested’: Childcare centre joins WA exposure sites

A childcare centre in Perth’s south-east has joined more than 100 WA locations identified as COVID exposure sites.

Staff writers

HealthAUSMAT heads to remote NT community

An Australian Medical Assistance Team and the military have been sent to a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community to combat a COVID-19 outbreak.

Aaron Bunch

TIME TO OPENCommentsPremium‘It’s time’: Doctors call for WA border to open on Feb 5

An intensive care specialist at one of Perth’s biggest hospitals is behind a petition attracting support from doctors across WA that calls for Mark McGowan to reopen the border on February 5.

Peter Law and Briana Fiore

HealthWomen vulnerable under Tas health system

A myriad of issues is keeping women from getting medical care in regional Tasmania, while "urban refugees" add more pressure, a Senate inquiry has been told.

Stephanie Gardiner

HealthCOVID-19 infections continue to fall in SA

South Australia has reported another fall in COVID-19 infections, with 2009 new cases on Monday, down from 2062 on Sunday and 2193 on Saturday.

Tim Dornin

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Health bungle puts more heat on Government

Two facts became obvious on Sunday: that the virus is now spreading through the community and that West Australians have good reason to doubt whether enough has been done to get our health system up to scratch.

Green lightNovavax roll-out date set after final approval

Australia's newest COVID-19 vaccine Novavax will be distributed from February 21 after being ticked off by ATAGI.

Alex Mitchell

HealthOmicron wreaks havoc on NSW's vulnerable

Five people who live with disabilities in Sydney say the Omicron variant has left them struggling to get access to support workers and rapid antigen tests.

Gus McCubbing

Major blunderCommentsPremiumCOVID positive mum could have exposed others in ED bungle

A COVID positive mother and child were wrongly directed to the ED waiting room of a major Perth hospital in an embarrassing bungle just days after Mark McGowan delayed WA’s border reopening.

Peter Law

HealthSA has 2062 new cases, virus stabilising

South Australia has reported 2062 new COVID-19 cases, marginally fewer than on Saturday, and no virus-related deaths.

AAP

Deadly bug Perth’s record heat prompts fatal brain bug warning

Perth’s record-breaking heatwave could be the catalyst for a potentially fatal brain bug, experts have warned.

Tim Clarke