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Three people who contracted Covid-19 at anti-vaccination rallies have been hospitalised, with one in intensive care. Victoria’s Health Department confirmed 39 cases of Covid-19 have now been linked to people who attended the mass gatherings in November. Just one person ...

An Australian nurse described as “a real angel”  has died from COVID-19. Gillian “Jill” Dempsey died at Box Hill Hospital’s intensive care unit on Sunday afternoon. She is believed to be the first hospital based nurse to die from the ...

Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton signed off on furloughing staff at St Basil’s despite being unaware of an inadequate surge workforce, an inquest has heard. During Melbourne's second wave of COVID-19, 50 residents died inside the Greek facility after ...

A long black or three a day could be a helpful way to stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new long-term study. Researchers from Edith Cowan University investigated whether coffee intake affected the cognitive decline of more than 200 ...

Nearly two years into a global pandemic, and with catastrophic bushfires before that, nurses are at an emotional breaking point and less willing to work, according to researchers. Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the healthcare workforce ...

A nurse turned escort attempted to extort hundreds of dollars from her clients while threatening to expose their actions to their wives and girlfriends if they didn’t pay up, a court has been told. Chloe Jessica Earle dabbed at her eyes as ...

The heartbroken parents of a seven-year-old girl who died after waiting hours in a Perth emergency department have revealed they plan to chase millions of dollars in damages from the hospital that let them down. Aishwarya Aswath died from organ ...

Curtin university researchers will be carrying out a first-of-its-kind examination of stillbirths among Aboriginal families in a project supported by the federal government.  Led by Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd from the Curtin medical school, the project will involve researchers and ...

A WA nurse has been arrested on suspicion of 'administering' fake COVID-19 vaccinations. The 51-year-old female RN has been charged in "relation to the fraudulent recording of vaccine information" according to a statement from the Western Australia Police Force. On ...

The medical literature has detailed child abuse for over a century, from child slavery to battered children and shaken babies. Since the 1970s evidence of specific inflicted injuries has been documented by radiologists such as John Caffey and pediatricians such ...