Accident and Emergency

As extreme weather events ramp up across the nation, climate change is also having a devastating impact on the very thing needed to help treat victims. An Australian

An eight-year-old and a 10-year-old have been seriously hurt and another five onlookers injured in a dangerous burnout gone wrong. The 18-year-old driver lost

Alcohol delivery services could be restricted after a woman died from alcohol poisoning, with a coroner finding she had more than 300 alcohol products delivered in the six

An ambitious plan to halve the number of Australian road deaths is in tatters, with a fourth consecutive national toll increase marking the worst result since the advent of

A two-year-old has been bitten by a dingo at a popular tourist destination - the second attack in two days. The dingo bit the child on the leg at Lake McKenzie

A child has been bitten by a tagged female dingo at a popular tourist destination, prompting rangers to urge parents to be vigilant and stay close to their children.

An 82-year-old man was killed when a quad bike rolled down a levee bank on a remote NSW property. The next day, a teenage girl and a woman in her 70s were flown

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has cancelled his trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, following medical advice to temporarily avoid long-haul flights after

A pilot on board a Turkish Airlines jetliner travelling from Seattle to Istanbul has blacked out and died, sparking an emergency landing in New York. Pilot

In the realm of sports, physical prowess and agility are quite rightly celebrated. However, as is presumably the case with elite sportsmen and women,

A family of five in western Sydney are lucky to be alive after almost succumbing to carbon monoxide poisoning from an outdoor barbecue brought inside to use as a heater.

One in three injury hospitalisations among Australian children and young people are caused by a fall, with playground equipment the main culprit. A new report

One woman has died and another is in a critical condition after drug overdoses on Queensland's Gold Coast. Emergency workers were called to an apartment

Everyday more than 53 Australians arrive in hospital suffering spinal injuries. That's according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which

At least 96 people have died in two of India's most populous states over the last several days, officials say, with swaths of the country reeling from a sweltering heat

A woman who died when her life support shut off during a power outage has prompted plans for more safeguards covering those vulnerable during unplanned blackouts.

Victorian workers lost 150 limbs, fingers and thumbs in workplace accidents over the past year. There were 137 claims accepted by WorkSafe for amputation injuries,

As the festive season kicks into full swing, health experts are urging the public to take extra precaution during what is otherwise known as the busiest period for burns injuries.

Victorians are being warned to keep themselves out of hospital this "silly season" as doctors report a recent spike in traumatic injuries. Melbourne's

It is feared there could be a jump in the number of children who drown this summer because of a deadly combination of kids missing swimming lessons and too many parents being