Paramedics and nurses reported poorer mental health and higher levels of social isolation than other health care workers during the pandemic, a new study has found. The pandemic has impacted nurses heavily, leading to higher chances of psychological stress such ...

Aged care workers across QLD, WA and SA have backed taking industrial action over “chronic understaffing” and low pay, as the union warns walkouts are highly likely before the federal election. More than 7000 United Workers Union members employed at aged care providers across three ...

Mosquitoes carrying anti-viral bacteria have dramatically reduced the spread of dengue fever in Australia due to research carried out by a team led by Dr Perran Ross at the University of Melbourne.  Researchers spent a decade studying the Wolbachia bacterium that ...

Third-year nursing student Shamsiya Hassam Mooradun recently attended a virtual Public Health Study Tour (PHST) program about Indonesia’s public health sector to aid in the development of her nursing career. The two-week intensive program is intended to equip students with ...

With 170,000 Australians breaking a bone annually, University of Southern Queensland PhD student Janitha Jeewantha thought it was time to redesign the old way of casting injuries. With help from his professor, Jeewantha developed a hybrid shape memory polymer 'smart ...

With the federal election date set for May, peak nursing groups have called on politicians to address strenuous working conditions and direct more resources to the healthcare sector. Over the weekend, prime minister Scott Morrison called the election ballot, scheduling ...

NSW health care workers took to the streets on Thursday to increase pressure on the state government over pay rises and staffing levels. The Health Services Union (HSU) has made repeated attempts to begin negotiations over a productivity-based pay rise, ...

Some emergency department nurses are suffering with PTSD after routinely experiencing high levels of verbal and physical violence, according to a James Cook University survey. Fourteen nurses at a major rural hospital in NSW told the researchers that they expect ...

A male nurse charged by NSW police after allegedly sexually assaulting three women at hospitals in Sydney’s northwest was released on bail on Friday. In September 2021, police investigated reports a 25-year-old female patient was sexually assaulted while recovering from heart ...

Thousands of midwives and nurses are expected to walk off the job for 24 hours after voting in favour of a strike. It comes less than six weeks after health workers took to the streets in a historic action to demand ...