There has been the largest increase in bulk-billing rates in Australia in 20 years, as the government plans laws to crack down on soaring specialist rates.
Zac de Silva
West Australian and Victorian cancer researchers have found a way to turbocharge cancer-fighting cells to further improve a life-saving immunotherapy.
Hannah Cross
A damning report into the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme has sounded the alarm on dodgy tactics by providers, including bogus claims of taxpayer-funded overseas holidays.
Cheyanne Enciso
A woman has been stabbed and a man has allegedly been “deliberately” run down with a car in a wild confrontation in Victoria.
Alexandra Feiam
Premier Roger Cook has blamed the private sector and WA’s growing population for diverting women in labour away from public hospitals after it was revealed a mother was forced to give birth on the freeway.
Caleb Runciman
Children with asthma are more prone to flare-ups in the first weeks back at school, with the streak of hot weather compounding the likelihood of flare-ups.
Claire Sadler
NSW Police are set to be handed new powers to seize and crush illegal and high-powered e-bikes in response to a series of incidents and accidents.
Steve Zemek
WA Health Minister Meredith Hammat has indicated she isn’t panicking about the high numbers of doctors quitting the WA public health workforce.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Western Australia’s top doctor says children and adults could die unless vaccination rates improve, warning about misinformation from the anti-vaccination lobby.
Joe Spagnolo
Meredith Hammat has apologised to a Perth mum who was forced to give birth on the side of the Kwinana Freeway after being turned away by St John of God Midland Public Hospital.
A prenatal heart diagnosis upended Sami Glastonbury's family life. Now the "heart mum" is turning lived experience into national advocacy through HeartKids.
Katelyn Catanzariti
St John of God Midland Public Hospital has been forced to apologise to the family.
Shadow health minister Libby Mettam has slammed the report’s results as “shameful” after WA’s wait times were exposed as slower than any other State.
Brooke Rolfe
Cholesterol-lowering statins don't cause most of the medical conditions often attributed to them, Australian and international researchers have determined.
Aaron Bunch
The man was found with serious burns across his body and flown to hospital after being assaulted by someone he knew.
WA doctors are leaving the public hospital workforce in droves — more than anywhere else in the country — as emergency department wait times blow out and people forego seeing medical professionals due to cost.
Diagnosis rates of autism are "more or less equal for men and women", a new study suggests, challenging the theory that males are disproportionately affected.
Nancy Lapid
Lily Ford was in high school when she was first introduced to the source of a years-long addiction that's gripping Australian teenagers into dependence.
Nick Wilson
People living with young onset dementia is expected to rise by 40 per cent over the next three decades, with advocates warning greater investment is needed.
Allanah Sciberras
Joondalup Health Campus has joined a global trial exploring better treatment for stage 4 endometrial cancer, which is hoped to cause fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy.
PerthNow
As the Great Southern’s population continues to grow and pressure on the public health system mounts, a specialist clinic has emerged to save oft-forgotten regional patients from falling through the cracks.
Melissa Sheil
More than 85,000 West Australians are expected to be living with dementia by 2054 — the highest estimated increase of any State or Territory.
The nation's second-largest disability employer has been sold, saving 1250 jobs, after a government rescue package prevented its collapse.
Abe Maddison
While cancer rates are expected to increase by 50 per cent by 2040, a global study has found a huge percentage of cases are preventable.
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