Measles has been rising globally in recent years. There were an estimated 10.3 million cases worldwide in 2023, a 20 per cent increase from 2022. Outbreaks are being reported all over the world including in the United States, Europe and ...

Early data shows the government's $174.5m ”world-leading” free respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation program for babies and expecting mothers has been a major success. The Immunisation Foundation of Australia (IFA) has reported a 50 per cent drop in the babies ...

Following advice from the sector, the Albanese government will recommend the Governor-General defer the commencement of the new Aged Care Act by four months. The delay be the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) will allow more time for ...

Cybercriminals don’t act in an ethical way, so have no problem preying on older people, hospital patients, or healthcare entities. For them, it seems, the financial opportunity is too good to miss. It’s crucial that the health and care sectors ...

Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane is the latest hospital to succumb to financial pressures and will close its doors this week. The Australian Private Hospitals Association attributes the psychiatric hospital’s closure to insufficient payments from and delayed funding negotiations with ...

Tens of thousands of nurses and midwives across the state have voted to strike over Queensland Health's EB12 offer. More than 96 per cent of Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) members on Monday night voted to undertake Protected Industrial ...

A rural health service covering Mount Isa, Doomadgee and Mornington Island is battling dire midwife shortages, with 14 of their 37 full-time positions currently vacant. The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS), which also covers some remote Indigenous communities, ...

Australians are being urged to get a Covid booster as a new variant of the illness takes hold across the country. In the past six months, a little over six per cent of Australians have received a booster shot, national ...

The Liberals and Nationals have reunited under a new Coalition agreement, just a week after Nationals leader David Littleproud announced the Party would hold their 15 seats in parliament independently. The agreement was confirmed following a virtual Nationals party room ...

Australia’s second largest private hospital operator is in administration after lenders swooped to secure their $1.4bn in debt. A syndicate of banks and hedge funds that control Healthscope’s loans placed the company into receivership after being handed control by its ...