WHO reports 906 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo

Date of Posting: 03-06-2026

The World Health Organization says there are 906 suspected cases of Ebola ‌in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that ‌are being investigated. An outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is continuing in t Read More...

Blood test could detect Alzheimer's 'decades before'

Date of Posting: 03-06-2026

A simple blood test that measures the hallmark proteins associated with Alzheimer's could detect the disease decades before symptoms appear, a study suggests. The findings show Alzheimer's may be present in midlife and already linked to co Read More...

Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

Date of Posting: 03-06-2026

A baby's death could have been avoided if a mother was transferred to hospital at the first sign of distress during her home birth. Victorian coroner Dimitra Dubrow made the finding for the boy, known as Baby R, on Friday following an inquest Read More...

Creating Safer and More Supportive Healthcare Environments Without Increasing Operational Burden

Last Updated: 02-06-2026

Safety in healthcare environments has become a leading priority for operators and management across Australia. The large flow of visitors through hospitals and the constant need for observational care in specialist units is time intensive and places Read More...

Dentists who see signs of DV given new tools to respond

Last Updated: 02-06-2026

Dentists who notice their patients may be experiencing domestic violence will have better guidance on how best to respond as advocates say the profession is uniquely positioned to identify abuse. A first-of-its-kind legal guide has been released a Read More...

'Game-changing' diabetes treatment approved

Last Updated: 02-06-2026

Pricking the skin with insulin syringes could be a thing of the past for more than 145,000 Australians living with type 1 diabetes due to the approval of a breakthrough treatment. Heralded as the most important innovation since insulin was discove Read More...

Climate change risks billions in roads, hospitals bills

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

Tens of billions of dollars worth of roads, rail, hospitals and energy assets in one state alone are at risk of damage or destruction from climate change-fuelled extreme weather. In what has been billed as an Australian first, Victoria's indep Read More...

'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

Travellers from West Africa could soon face additional screening for the deadly Ebola virus. The country's chief health officers met on Monday to consider the next steps in combating a strain of Ebola sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo Read More...

NT:'This is serious': respiratory disease outbreak spreads

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has spread across three states amid fears the respiratory disease has claimed a life in an outback community. The National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System reports 133 notifications of the di Read More...

Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

Two deaths from a mosquito-borne virus in an outback town have prompted a warning for people to cover up and use insect repellent. Northern Territory health authorities on Tuesday confirmed two people had died from Murray Valley encephalitis, a ra Read More...

Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

An elderly vision-impaired man who was given medication from an incorrectly labelled pill organiser subsequently died from a drug overdose, an inquest has heard. South Australian coroner Emma Roper is inquiring into the death of Pelayo Del Carmen Read More...

Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

A dip in vaccination rates has been blamed for one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks as the rare respiratory disease continues to spread. Hundreds of cases spanning three states and a territory have been reported amid fears the highly Read More...

A 10-hour trip for a blood test amid rural health gaps

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

A rural mother has to travel six hours interstate every fortnight as she expands her family, an emotional quest that has likely cost her more than $100,000. Sophie Fletcher, a farmer and mother-of-two from Walcha, in northern NSW, has also taken s Read More...

Fatality confirmed, disease rate dropping amid outbreak

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has officially claimed its first fatality after tests confirmed the disease was the probable cause. However, authorities say the rate of cases has dramatically dropped in the Northern Territory at Read More...

Reported diphtheria death denied by health authority

Last Updated: 01-06-2026

Reports a second person with diphtheria has died in an outback town have been rejected by a territory's public heath authority. The Northern Territory is at the centre of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreak in decades, with cases of the Read More...

QLD:Show and tell turns toxic in outback mercury scare

Date of Posting: 01-06-2026

Show and tell has gone horribly wrong in a tiny outback town after children brought vials of liquid mercury to school, triggering a hazardous materials scare that shut down large parts of Cunnamulla. Believing they'd found something special at Read More...

Paediatric physiotherapy at a turning point: early intervention, Thriving Kids and the road ahead

Date of Posting: 29-05-2026

Australia’s early childhood support system is about to change, and paediatric physiotherapists need to be part of the conversation now. From 1 October 2026, the Australian Government will begin rolling out Thriving Kids, a new national suppo Read More...

'Nightmare scenario': illegal tobacco impact laid bare

Date of Posting: 25-05-2026

Illicit tobacco sales are destroying the livelihoods of legitimate retailers and the market will be "fully illicit" within two years, a Senate inquiry has been told. Demand for illegal tobacco has exploded in Australia because of large t Read More...

The Research Case for Creatine Beyond the Gym

Last Updated: 24-05-2026

Most people first hear about creatine from a teenager. A son who has just joined a gym. A nephew who has discovered protein powder. A patient turning up to a GP appointment with a tub his mate just bought him, asking mid-consultation whether the stuf Read More...

Sobering-up centre to close after drunkenness shift

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

A dedicated sobering-up centre will shut its doors after criticism the inner city site was a "white elephant" for state taxpayers. The 20-bed facility at Collingwood in Melbourne's inner north will close in mid-2027 as part of a rede Read More...

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

An Ebola ‌outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths. The WHO ‌said the outbreak, caused by the Read More...

FED:Health groups urge vigilance over big tobacco claims

Date of Posting: 24-05-2026

Health bodies are seeking to unmask a push by the tobacco giants to exploit fears over the illicit cigarette trade and safeguard Australia's smoking policies ahead of a parliamentary inquiry previously marred by secrecy. A coalition of 15 orga Read More...

The brave volunteers turning trauma into purpose

Date of Posting: 22-05-2026

When Benn Lockyer reaches out to grieving fathers through a volunteer support line, he already knows there is nothing he can say to "fix" what has happened to them. What he can offer is something else entirely: understanding.[subscribe] Read More...

More harmed than harmful: the truth about schizophrenia

Date of Posting: 22-05-2026

In his 20s, James McLure was a social, footy-playing, self-confessed science "boffin" who regularly attended church but also enjoyed a drink and a joint with his friends. Until slowly, his grip on reality started shifting, his paranoia g Read More...

NDIS reform to clean-up fraud, improve care: providers

Last Updated: 22-05-2026

People living with disabilities face systemic risks under an insurance system plagued by limited visibility, poor regulation and widespread integrity issues. The organisations delivering these services are confident a government crackdown on unscr Read More...

FED:Passengers from hantavirus cruise land in Australia

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

Passengers from a cruise ship afflicted by the rare and deadly hantavirus have touched down in Australia before a three-week quarantine. Four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander, who were evacuated from the MV Hondius Read More...

NSW:Family to remember great-grandmum in taser death probe

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

As an inquest into the tasering death of Clare Nowland at the hands of a police officer concludes, her family will remember the generous 95-year-old with the hope lessons can be learned. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Read More...

Wellcome launches world's largest global prize for mental health science

Date of Posting: 21-05-2026

The prize, in partnership with Nature, will celebrate breakthroughs in mental health science. It aims to accelerate translation, influence policy and transform lives This award champions new pharmacological, psychological, social and dig Read More...

Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps

Last Updated: 20-05-2026

New mums are most at risk of major depression in the first two weeks after giving birth, with calls mounting for greater screening, prevention and treatment to ensure they feel supported. Midwife and neonatal intensive care nurse Megan Ryan said i Read More...

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Date of Posting: 20-05-2026

Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak will soon return to Australia, after the government confirmed a flight has been secured for the evacuees. The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one Read More...

NSW:Police shun dementia training after woman's Taser death

Date of Posting: 20-05-2026

Only one Australian police force has taken up an offer to train officers to deal with patients with dementia after a great-grandmother was fatally tasered in an aged care facility. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon Read More...

Jail for counsellor who gave Friends star ketamine

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

A licensed drug addiction counsellor who delivered Friends star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, was sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 56-year-old Erik Fleming in a feder Read More...

Kate on first trip abroad since cancer in remission

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

The Princess of Wales is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, travelling to Italy for a two-day tour focused on early-childhood education that will undoubtedly receive widespread media attention. Kate w Read More...

NSW:Dentist may have exposed thousands to HIV, hepatitis

Date of Posting: 19-05-2026

Health authorities are scrambling to find thousands of patients who may have been exposed to serious bloodborne diseases by a dodgy dentist. Patients of former dentist William Tam, who practised at Strathfield in Sydney's inner west for more t Read More...

NSW:Probe into grandmum's fatal tasering aims to save lives

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

Three years after police fatally tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at Read More...

Injections v pills: weight loss patients 'have options'

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

Eli Lilly says ‌patients in a late-stage trial who had been taking an injectable GLP-1 medication for over a year didn't regain significant weight after switching ‌to its new weight-loss pill Foundayo. People who switched from Novo N Read More...

Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts

Date of Posting: 18-05-2026

More Australians will be able to pick up their prescriptions for less money, as the government boosts medicine subsidies in the federal budget. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which regulates prices of life-saving medications, will be increase Read More...

New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women

Last Updated: 17-05-2026

There's a new name for a condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide. Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is the new name for the condition previously known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) after it was wrongly bel Read More...

Bonnie Tyler 'remains seriously ill' but stable

Date of Posting: 17-05-2026

Bonnie Tyler "remains seriously ill" but is stable following emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star says. The Welsh singer, 74, known for Total Eclipse of the Heart, was put into an induced coma by her doctors to help her Read More...

Dutch hospital isolates 12 over virus protocol breach

Date of Posting: 17-05-2026

A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols. The hospital staff ‌members will be quarantined for six weeks, the Radb Read More...