On the first anniversary of their son Sandipan’s death, Sanjoy and Saraswati Dhar are still fighting for answers.
Hannah Cross
People who suffer cardiac arrest are more likely to survive the medical condition in one Australian state than almost anywhere else in the world.
Melissa Meehan
Nurses and midwives at a privately run public hospital, already in the crosshairs of a parliamentary probe, are striking for a pay rise and staffing increase.
Farid Farid
A new campaign targeting young people travelling overseas is aiming to prevent alcohol-related tragedies which killed two Australian teenagers.
William Ton
Young travelling Australians will be targeted on social media, podcasts, at airports and with text messages warning them of the dangers of methanol poisoning and urging them to keep an eye on their mates.
Katina Curtis
About 30,000 children and young adults live with juvenile arthritis in Australia but there is little awareness of the chronic disease, even amongst doctors.
Rachel Jackson
Former WA Liberal Party leader Libby Mettam must retain health in a Liberal shadow ministry.
Joe Spagnolo
Supercars valued at an eye-watering $35 million took to the track on Saturday, all in the name of helping sick kids make life-long memories.
Oliver Lane
‘You hear about it happening to other families, and it’s awful, but you never imagine it to happen to your own parent.’
Sarah Keszler
Midwives at a Subiaco hospital are seeing double after the births of eight sets of twins in the space of just one week.
Bethany Hiatt
The former union boss now in charge of WA’s overwhelmed health system is facing her first major test with ambulance response times failing targets.
Jessica Page
Neurodivergence is now something that, more than ever, is celebrated — certainly on social media.
Patients and families front and centre in a new study looking to set the agenda for healthcare priorities for children with Down syndrome say the key is active listening.
WA has recorded its second measles case for 2025 after the virus was confirmed in a traveller who had returned from a trip to Pakistan.
An estimated 4000 babies were prevented from being born too early each year of a three-year program geared towards reducing preterm births.
A higher intake of caffeine, fruit, dietary fibre, and dairy products could reduce tinnitus, according to a Chinese study.
Jane Kirby
New research has revealed the reasons behind why night owls might be at greater risk of depression.
While microdosing LSD is being cautiously explored for therapeutic benefit again, it’s probably not going to help with your ADHD.
People buying medicines regularly will save hundreds of dollars more as Anthony Albanese locks in health as the centrepiece of his election campaign and budget’s cost-of-living relief.
Body image experts have slammed social media’s ‘chubby filter’ trend as fatphobic, fat-shaming and warned it could encourage eating disorders.
Kate Emery
About four in five people will experience lower-back pain at some point in their lives, with 80-90 per cent of back pain deemed non-specific, without an immediately identifiable cause.
Meredith Hammat, WA’s new Health Minister, has been accused of not having any experience in the critical sector as she prepares to take on one of the toughest roles in government.
Dylan Caporn
Doctors say Australia's largest public health system is struggling to cope with demand as non-urgent patients are encouraged to seek alternatives to emergency.
Jack Gramenz
Paramedics were forced to wait half an hour to transfer a man suffering a major stroke because hospital staff had not completed the necessary paperwork.
