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Mental health conditions have developed to "inhumane" levels in an Australian offshore detention centre, with 60 per cent of refugees on Nauru experiencing suicidal thoughts, a humanitarian group says. Medecins Sans Frontieres said in a report that 30 per cent ...

Hundreds of premature babies across NSW will now have access to donated breast milk, following the launch of the first state-wide milk bank. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has made its first delivery of donated pasteurised breast milk to ...

A man who viciously attacked an off-duty nurse in a Melbourne park says he was trying to make a citizen's arrest. Darrin Winston Ludowyke, 50, pleaded guilty to the November 2017 assault at Ringwood Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He claimed ...

Australian lives are at risk because of a lack of action by governments to address the health impacts of climate change, researchers warn. The group of 19 experts from 13 universities and research institutes say Australia has "gone backwards" and ...

It would seemingly make sense that diverting low need patients from emergency departments would curb overcrowding, but does it actually meet its aim? Canadian research suggests there’s no clear evidence that it does – or that it’s safe. Research published ...

Nurses have welcomed the new aged care quality standards that will take effect mid next year, following a function held in Parliament House to thank those involved in their development. The Aged Care Quality Standards will replace the existing four sets of standards and ...

Dear nurse, Thank you. That’s the message at the heart of a new video tribute created by the Queensland University of Technology. Released to coincide with the 40-year anniversary of QUT’s School of Nursing, the video thanks the nurses it ...

When it comes to changing the law to permit voluntary assisted dying Australia-wide, it’s a case of when, not if, say Queensland law experts. QUT’s Professor Lindy Willmott and Professor Ben White detailed the growing international trend to permit voluntary ...

A Queensland nurse and police officer have been hailed for stopping an armed robber who went on the attack while under guard in hospital. Tyson Jessen, 28, was shot dead by senior constable Leesa Richardson at Ipswich Hospital on November ...

A Chinese researcher claims he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies: twin girls whose DNA he says he altered to try to help them resist possible future infection with HIV. He Jiankui of Shenzhen revealed it on Monday ...