A man contracted by Victorian contact tracers has been refused bail after police allege he threatened to have an isolating nurse deported unless she had sex with him. Abdulfatah Awow, 24, of Carlton, made a bail bid in Melbourne Magistrates Court on ...

A Melbourne nurse has described patients “begging” for the coronavirus vaccine when they’re about to be put on life support as Victoria considers whether to fly in help from interstate. Royal Melbourne Hospital Intensive Care Unit nurse supervisor Michelle Spence ...

A search is underway to find a man who allegedly assaulted a nurse at a medical centre in Sydney’s Inner West last month. NSW Police were called to the Glebe Point Rd business at about 11.45am on August 27. They were told ...

A weekend lie in could go a long way to fighting depression, according to new research. Academics from Yonsei University in South Korea looked at the sleep of 5500 people to see if there is an association between weekend catch-up ...

Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...

The first large scale government report on dementia in Australia was released today to mark the start of Dementia Action Week (September 20-26). Dementia in Australia, carried out by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), is the first report ...

Two midwives deny police allegations they were criminally negligent after a woman died following a home birth in a pool of water. Melody Bourne, 44, of Mullumbimby, and Gaye Demanuele, 60, of Preston, appeared for a committal hearing in Melbourne ...

Hospitalisation rates, not case numbers, could determine when NSW residents could be granted more freedom. Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth said once hospitalisation rates decrease it would be a good indication that the state is “on the right ...

A Sydney doctor has warned of a distressing reality for some families hospitalised with Covid-19 – leaving their kids “Covid orphans” with nobody to care for them. Dr Lucy Morgan, an associate professor at Sydney University and a respiratory physician ...

Women will soon be able to safely and privately access abortion health services in Western Australia after landmark legislation finally passed through state parliament. Advocates have expressed relief and described the passing of the legislation as “historic” and “momentous” for ...