Health

The Government has revealed that the flight crew who helped transfer the six passengers on a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship to Australia might not quarantine.

Studies suggest the disease is most contagious when people are carrying a lot of virus, perhaps just as they are starting to feel sick.

Authorities say more hantavirus cases are expected ​from the cluster linked to a cruise ship, but stressed it does not pose a pandemic threat.

Six passengers from the Hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius will board a flight bound for Australia this evening after the Albanese Government secured a plane and flight crew willing to quarantine in Perth.

Families in one Australian state could save up to $1200 on healthcare as authorities seek to ‘meet people where they are’.

A new pill can help fend off weight regain after people stop using weight loss jabs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, landmark new research suggests. 

Scientists are making progress in understanding how the pathway between the brain and the digestive system influences our overall health. 

There are reports that there is a new plan in place for the five Australian passengers evacuated from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus who are set to arrive in Perth this week.

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the arrival of a repatriation flight of passengers to Perth.

The man at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has officially been identified by authorities.

With stops planned for Perth, NSW and Queensland, four Aussies who are still being kept on a rat virus-infested cruise ship will soon be back within Australia's borders.

Four Australians are among those due to be evacuated.

The cyclist went for tests after a friend suffered a cardiac arrest. Within days, she was rushed into open heart surgery.

The head of the World Health Organisation will be on site as passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship disembark.

Each nation, including Australia, is expected to take care of their own nationals after they disembark.