Health

An outbreak of a potentially deadly respiratory disease has spread across three States amid fears a life has been claimed in an outback community.

More than 100 people have died from an outbreak of a rare Ebola variant, spurring grave international health warnings.

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The World Health Organisation has declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ amid an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has now spread across borders.

The World Health Organisation has declared the rapid spread of a deadly virus a global health emergency.

The six passengers on-board the cruise ship exposed to the deadly hantavirus have had their test results returned as they remain in a quarantine facility in Western Australia.

The last person to die from the disease was an unvaccinated adult back in 2018.

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.