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 ...

The movement of consumer driven healthcare has become a growing phenomenon.  Engaging people accessing healthcare in the creation of policy, services, education and research is vital to address public needs, according to Dr Brett Scholz from ANU’S medical school. Dr ...

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 ...

With COVID-19 severely restricting physical activity on wards, nurses have spoken out about the most significant challenges they face when getting their patients up and moving. Professor Danny Hills and his colleagues at Federation University surveyed 138 nurses and found ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is more effective than medication in treating insomnia among women during pregnancy and after birth, according to a new study. Sleep disturbances and symptoms of insomnia affect one in three Australian women after giving birth, ...

NSW’s chief health officer has apologised to the family of a woman who died from Covid-19, conceding she had been exposed to the virus by a healthcare worker. The woman tested positive for Covid-19 on July 29 and was not vaccinated – she ...

Acclaimed auteur David Lynch is a coffee freak. He drinks up to 10 cups a day, down from a shake-inducing 20, and once said that "even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all". Well, researchers from the University ...

There have been 21 cases of COVID-19 at a Sydney aged care home as of Tuesday morning, as it was confirmed that an infected nurse worked across multiple sites. On Tuesday August 2, the NSW Department of Health confirmed that ...

Dozens of junior doctors have joined a new class action against a Victorian public hospital service amid claims the industry is understaffed, underpaid and patients’ lives are being put at risk. Almost 70 junior doctors working in the Western Health ...