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Health, wellbeing and public health updates for Australian communities.
Ambulance crews in Bairnsdale have reportedly spent several hours waiting to transfer patients into hospital care, prompting concerns from the Victorian...
Wildlife rescuers have found 59 dead birds, mostly ibises, at Lake Weeroona in Bendigo, prompting authorities to test samples for H5 bird flu.
Central Coast communities are set to receive more than $1.8 million in funding for health facility upgrades, with the money allocated to the Central Coast Local Health District...
A South Australian soccer player with two broken bones in his lower leg travelled about 70 kilometres by private car after waiting at a regional hospita...
Geraldton is set to receive the Midwest region's first four-wheel-drive ambulance in October after concerns about emergency access to remote beaches, sa...
Doctors across Victoria's public hospital system are planning a four-hour statewide walkout on Thursday amid an ongoing dispute over pay and working con...
Construction of Tasmania's new Northern Heart Centre at Launceston General Hospital is expected to begin within weeks, expanding cardiac services for pa...
South Australian health authorities are contacting people who may have been exposed to measles after a confirmed case spent more than 24 hours across ar...
A mock assessment of Ambulance Tasmania found that only 23 of 138 relevant national safety and quality actions were fully met, while the service says im...
A Sydney patient says he spent 23 hours waiting on a chair at Westmead Hospital's emergency department, while new figures show continuing pressure on th...
Australian health experts are warning that cat bites and scratches can cause severe infections, with hospitalisations from cat-related injuries nearly t...
A parliamentary petition calling for specialist endometriosis education in NSW public high schools has attracted more than 1,700 signatures, as health a...
Seven Australian health startups will share $15.6 million in equity-free funding to develop new dementia treatments, early-detection tools, gene therapi...
A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu on Gabo Island near Mallacoota, with authorities monitoring wildlife and warning people to keep their di...
Hamilton in western Victoria has become the location of Specsavers’ 400th Australian store, with the new regional outlet officially opening as the company expands its eye-care s...
Twenty new emergency department beds at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital are expected to remain unused because funding has not been provided for th...
A sharp rise in influenza cases is putting sustained pressure on Albury Wodonga Health, with doctors asked to consider earlier discharges and alternativ...
New funding from local charity Wishlist is improving communication support for patients at Bundaberg Hospital, with resources designed to help people communicate more effectivel...
The Tasmanian Government has identified potential sites for new aged care facilities, including locations at Taroona, Bellerive and Rokeby.
New figures have renewed concerns about emergency department delays at Royal Hobart Hospital, with the health system facing questions over patient waiti...