The NSW government could take extraordinary measures to ensure the future of staff and patients at an embattled Sydney hospital.
Nathan Schmidt
An urgent health warning has been issued in an inner Sydney suburb after three people contracted a potentially deadly disease.
Alexandra Feiam
A woman may still be alive if 80 per cent of Melbourne ambulances were not ramped at hospitals the night she called triple-0, the coroner says.
Blair Jackson
A surge in mushroom poisonings and the return of the lethal death cap fungus has health experts urging people to steer clear of wild fungi.
Andrew Hedgman
The public have been warned about a suspended practitioner who authorities say may still be operating as a dentist or nurse.
Emma Kirk
Respectful standards or outdated censorship? A gym’s new dress code has ignited fierce debate online and divided its members.
Madeline Cove
Winter is flaring up this condition in Aussies, with about a third of the population suffering from the irritating disease.
Sydney ABC radio host James Valentine has revealed a sad health update, months after he had a tumour removed.
One state has a legislative mandate to “minimise harm” from gaming machines, but a troubling new report shows it is failing to protect punters.
Duncan Evans
Aged care and disability services provider Annecto is shutting down after 70 years in business, putting the care of more than 3000 people in limbo.
The iconic Australian burger chain has revealed it will overhaul its bun selection in favour of healthier options in a “world first”.
A fertility firm has admitted to a second dramatic mistake in the space of three months after the wrong embryo was implanted into a patient.
Duncan Evans and Blair Jackson
An Australian premier has made a bold plea to slash the federal government’s tobacco tax – but why?
Aussie researchers have made a huge step in the fight to eliminate one of the most notable viruses of the past 40 years.
E-scooters could be banned for good in some Aussie cities as doctors raise the alarm over the terrible injuries they are seeing from crashes - with one warning of “lasting, lifelong effects”.
Two more locally acquired cases of the life-threatening disease are being investigated in the Sunshine State, bringing this year’s total to 71.
Hannah Wilcox
A lifesaving component of emergency medical treatment is running low across the country, with urgent calls for donors to step up.
A new push is underway to ban supermarkets from selling cigarettes, in a bid to lower the nation’s smoking rate.
A popular beach town could go “smoke-free” under a major proposed health shake-up from the local council.
Expecting parents and carers will be in luck this new financial year, with a big change coming to the paid parental leave scheme.
Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against Covid as another strain of the illness becomes dominant across the country as we head into winter.
Georgie Kibel and Blair Jackson
A new Covid-19 subvariant is being closely monitored by health authorities as infections begin to rise in parts of Australia.
Taxpayers will not be step in after embattled healthcare provider Healthscope collapsed into receivership, owing $1.4bn to creditors.
Cameron Micallef and Jessica Wang
