A South Australian mother was left feeling “anxious” and “mad” after her 11-year-old was forced to wait three hours in the emergency department without seeing a doctor. Maria Stevens took her son Stephen Watkins to the Women's and Children’s Hospital ...

Australia’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate had potential but the false positives on HIV tests were too great a hurdle to move it into further trials, a study published this week has confirmed. The University of Queensland vaccine was abandoned last ...

The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to or noted all 55 recommendations in a report on sexual harassment in the workplace, one year on from its release. At a press conference, Morrison called the [email protected] Report a “game changer”. It ...

Concerned nurses have written an urgent letter to the West Australian Health Minister with a 10-point action plan following the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl. Aishwarya Aswath developed a fever on Good Friday and was taken to Perth Children’s Hospital ...

Overt sexism remains prevalent in many Australian workplaces – and within the political bubble – and its affecting employees’ emotional and physical health, experts warn. Writing for The Conversation, lecturer Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Professor Paula Brough, who both ...

The speed of Australia's vaccination rate is ranked just 90th in the world, as experts warn the coronavirus is mutating faster than the country is administering jabs. University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell ...

Shift workers, particularly those regularly on night shift, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study suggests. The research team used data from UK Biobank project, a record of the lifestyle, medical history, nutritional habits, physical measurements and ...

A Sydney mother has been found not guilty of deliberately poisoning her sick son with faeces. A judge found there was “no evidence” she infected the boy through his cannula while he was a patient at The Children’s Hospital at ...

Ageism is ubiquitous worldwide, with every second person holding ageist attitudes, according to a new WHO report on ageism. Ageism seeps into many institutions and sectors of society including those providing health and social care, in the workplace, media and ...