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Hope and nerves as major aged care reforms take effect
Date of Posting: 03-11-2025
Older Australians are feeling mixed emotions as landmark aged care reforms take effect. From Saturday, new rules require some care recipients to pay more for support services in a bid to get the industry on a more even keel and improve the quality Read More...
Nurse banned after escape room trip with young patient
Date of Posting: 03-11-2025
A nurse has been banned over an intimate relationship with a vulnerable mental health patient, after taking him to an escape room, exchanging thousands of calls and texts and being seen kissing him. Dilnoor Kang, who was a nurse at Wagga Wagga' Read More...
Flu deaths exceed COVID as vaccination rates plummet
Date of Posting: 02-11-2025
More people are dying from flu than COVID-19 in Australia in a disturbing turning point for the nation's health. The figures have prompted one of the country's top doctors to urge people to be vigilant against rising vaccine complacency, s Read More...
Rush for home care spots ahead of landmark reforms
Date of Posting: 02-11-2025
Older Australians have snapped up thousands of extra home care places as they prepare for major reforms to the sector from next month. Under political pressure from the opposition, Greens and crossbenchers, the federal government announced plans l Read More...
Pandemic generation of Aussie teens at risk of drowning
Date of Posting: 02-11-2025
The risk of drowning has skyrocketed for young Australians after millions of swimming lessons were missed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Royal Life Saving Australia has issued a startling warning, urging parents to book lessons for pre-teens after Read More...
Alleged saboteur faces court after man dies at hospital
Date of Posting: 31-10-2025
A woman has denied sabotaging gas supplies at a major public hospital after revelations a man died an hour after the alleged tampering. Officials have launched a major investigation after it was confirmed on Wednesday that a 72-year-old died at a Read More...
Medical care becoming unaffordable for more Australians
Date of Posting: 31-10-2025
Ally Finnis has battled chronic medical conditions for years but health isn't their only worry when booking an appointment with a doctor or nurse. "Cost is very much a concern that's forefront of my mind whenever I am looking at healt Read More...
Forever chemicals linked to impact on male fertility
Date of Posting: 31-10-2025
Male fertility could be significantly affected by exposure to "forever chemicals" after a study in animals raised concerns about potential generational effects. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of 15,000 to Read More...
Call to aid survival rates of cancer claiming under-40s
Date of Posting: 30-10-2025
Hundreds of brain cancer patients and carers demand urgent government action as a report reveals the deadly disease's devastating economic impact. The group joined former Australian of the Year and renowned pathologist Richard Scolyer to meet Read More...
Sabotage: woman accused of cutting hospital gas lines
Date of Posting: 30-10-2025
A woman has been accused of deliberately sabotaging two major hospitals after allegedly tampering with water and gas mains. The 42-year-old allegedly cut the gas and water mains just after midnight on Tuesday, before setting off the fire hoses at Read More...
Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients
Date of Posting: 30-10-2025
Some elderly rural cancer patients live on farms with limited connectivity, hundreds of kilometres from the closest computer and even further from their doctor. These are the kinds of marginalised patients who will be helped by hard-fought new tel Read More...
Low birth rate could intensify mental health struggles
Date of Posting: 29-10-2025
Australia's record low fertility rate underscores the need for greater access to parental paid leave and perinatal mental health support as experts warn the unintended consequences are far-reaching. The most recent data sets on birth from the Read More...
'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice
Date of Posting: 29-10-2025
Hundreds of thousands of Australian women will have access to another affordable contraception option as a vaginal ring is added to the government's medication subsidy scheme for the first time. The NuvaRing is a prescription contraceptive met Read More...
'Roller-coaster of pain': broken state of bone health
Date of Posting: 29-10-2025
What do an Olympic hero and a Melbourne grandmother have in common? They both know the extreme pain and fear that comes with breaking bones and how crucial it is for people to get the right treatment.[subscribe] Getting more people to brush up Read More...
Health issues hamper millions from everyday activities
Date of Posting: 28-10-2025
Leonie Dean had been carrying a bag of cat litter from the supermarket when she suddenly collapsed. Unbeknownst to her, those would be the last steps she would take.[subscribe] Years earlier, the budding spray-painter from the Adelaide Hills ha Read More...
Cheaper contraceptive offers more choice for women
Date of Posting: 28-10-2025
Australian women will have access to another affordable contraception option as a vaginal ring is added to the government's medication subsidy scheme for the first time. The NuvaRing is a prescription contraceptive method which is inserted int Read More...
Gender lens needed to examine weight management
Date of Posting: 28-10-2025
Women face unique challenges when it comes to managing weight, including fluctuating hormones at various life stages, something that has advocates calling for health professionals to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach. Obesity is widely misunder Read More...
Minister downplays risk of bird flu after seal deaths
Date of Posting: 27-10-2025
The federal government has downplayed any imminent risk of bird flu reaching Australia despite an unusual number of deaths in elephant seal pups on the sub-Antarctic territory of Heard Island. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says samples taken Read More...
Not just another flu, COVID-19 complacency risks lives
Date of Posting: 27-10-2025
The days of lockdowns and social distancing may be long gone but COVID-19 is still wreaking havoc and is definitely not "just another flu". A worrying complacency has set in about the virus that is still claiming lives, according to form Read More...
Bird flu warning as strain suspected on remote island
Date of Posting: 27-10-2025
Greater surveillance and more boots on the ground are needed to prepare the nation for the threat of a deadly bird flu strain, an environmental group and researcher warn. Signs of H5 avian influenza have been observed for the first time on Austral Read More...
Failing the frontline: the Healthcare staff retention crisis
Last Updated: 27-10-2025
Written by Sylvia Vasas, Chief Marketing Officer at Humanforce Australia's Healthcare and Aged Care sectors are facing a workforce crisis that extends far beyond simple staffing shortages. Despite being identified by the National Skills Commis Read More...
Health giant under microscope for charity tax status
Date of Posting: 26-10-2025
A union boasting some 110,000 members urges the government to scrutinise possible exploitation of tax loopholes by a troubled private healthcare giant. The Health Services Union has written to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Health Minister Mark Butler Read More...
Bird flu outbreak in Germany 'kills hundreds of cranes'
Date of Posting: 26-10-2025
More than 1000 cranes are thought to have died in a large outbreak of bird flu near Berlin, German conservationists recovering the animals' bodies say. A total of 839 dead cranes have been counted since Sunday in a pond area in Linum, about 30 Read More...
Sick kids recover safely at home through virtual care
Date of Posting: 26-10-2025
Sick kids will spend less time in hospital under a program allowing doctors and nurses to safely monitor their condition remotely. More than 100 children have passed through the virtual emergency department under the trial, with 80 per cent succes Read More...
Japan reports bird flu outbreak in north of the country
Date of Posting: 24-10-2025
Japan has reported an outbreak of severe bird flu on an egg farm in the northern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health says. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, killed 46 birds on the farm locat Read More...
All heart: doc turns Bunnings pipe into medical marvel
Date of Posting: 24-10-2025
It might look like it comes out of a 1974 Datsun, but a revolutionary artificial heart with the potential to save thousands of lives would still be a pipe dream without government investment. Daniel Timms, the man who built the first model for the Read More...
Nurses, midwives vote to endorse lucrative pay deal
Date of Posting: 24-10-2025
A 10 month stand-off is over after a state's nurses and midwives accepting a $1.8 billion pay deal, double their initial offer. Queensland's public nurses and midwives are set to be among the highest paid in the country after voting in fav Read More...
Pharmacy giant grows as Australians try to shrink
Date of Posting: 23-10-2025
Sigma's mega-merger with Chemist Warehouse is delivering even more than the firm expected, its chairman says, as the pharmacy giant swells to become one of Australia's biggest listed companies. The pharmacy operator's first annual gene Read More...
Health provider charged over new mum's death in care
Date of Posting: 23-10-2025
A hospital, whose staff did not properly check on a new mum struggling through psychosis before her death, has been charged with failing to prevent health and safety risks to patients. Sarah Skillington had faced a difficult birth, experiencing an Read More...
One simple change could possibly save dozens of babies
Date of Posting: 23-10-2025
Dozens of babies could be saved every year under a simple policy change in Australia, with a doctor-turned-MP and a world leading diabetes expert calling for greater access to insulin pumps. In a visit to Australia, Helen Murphy has described expa Read More...
Elderly urged to socialise to improve health resilience
Date of Posting: 22-10-2025
Going on holiday, reading newspapers, having meals out and spending time with friends and family can help to reduce an elderly man's risk of frailty, a UK study suggests. Being more sociable can even be "beneficial" for frailty rever Read More...
'Failed model': private hospital back in public hands
Date of Posting: 22-10-2025
A 500-bed private hospital where a two-year-old's death triggered outrage will be bought with public funds to ensure the tragic scenario isn't repeated. Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney - the jewel in the crown of Australia's larges Read More...
'Game-changer' technology could save babies' lives
Date of Posting: 22-10-2025
The lives of dozens of babies could be saved every year if the federal government subsidises a crucial technology that helps diabetics manage their insulin levels, a world-leading expert says. Helen Murphy, a UK-based professor whose work convince Read More...
Mum sedated four times by medics before overdose death
Date of Posting: 21-10-2025
A mother of three seeking treatment for schizophrenia was sedated four times by medical staff before she died from a drug overdose, an inquest has been told. NT Coroner Elisabeth Armitage is inquiring into the death of Kumunjayi Brogus, 34, on Nov Read More...
Record-high flu season as jab rates stall, GPs warn
Date of Posting: 21-10-2025
Australia is experiencing its worst-ever flu season, with some 410,000 cases of influenza reported this year, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says. The figures already exceeded 2024's record 365,000 case numbers and were Read More...
Peanut butter loving babies are licking allergies
Date of Posting: 21-10-2025
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent them developing life-threatening allergies, it's making a big difference in the real world. About 60,000 children have avoided developing peanut Read More...
New study may open doors for families with Parkinson's
Date of Posting: 19-10-2025
Three generations of Amelia Dowe's family have been diagnosed with Parkinson's and while she harbours some worry for herself and her brothers, the 18-year-old isn't scared. "There's no point for us to live in fear of what may Read More...
National guidelines for menopause treatment on the way
Date of Posting: 19-10-2025
Huge knowledge gaps around menopause and perimenopause are leaving doctors unable to help patients manage their symptoms but new clinical guidelines will aim to change that. On World Menopause Day, the federal government announced it would open th Read More...
Workplaces urged to support employees in menopause
Date of Posting: 17-10-2025
Women experiencing menopause are one of Australia's fastest-growing workforce demographics, but they say shame, stigma and a lack of support is driving them to early retirement. The impacts of menopause on a woman's career can be profound, Read More...
Super payout warning over cosmetic medical treatments
Date of Posting: 17-10-2025
Tapping the compassionate release of super to fund inappropriate cosmetic procedures needs to be stamped out, the tax office and health practitioner regulators say. The warning comes as new ATO data shows a further jump in applicants seeking early Read More...
