Health

A warning has been issued following the death of a NSW man after he was bitten by a mosquito carrying a deadly virus that attacks the brain. 

It is not a question of ‘if’ another pandemic will strike but ‘when’.

A major IVF provider has informed patients a cyber attack may have compromised their personal information, including medical records and treatments.

THE WASHINGTON POST: There’s evidence that the demographic of people on weight-loss drugs overlaps with those who like to spend, a group some analysts have dubbed ‘over consumers’.

For many patients, stem cell transplants represent their last hope.

Australia’s medical community has welcomed the Government’s centrepiece election pledge to ensure nine in 10 visits to the doctor will be free by 2030, but it comes with warning.

AARON PATRICK: The PM’s now-bipartisan Medicare policy could be the greatest expansion of government in the economy since the NDIS. And it will have huge consequences for everyone.

A 34-year-old woman has died in hospital after being told she would need to wait weeks for an appointment with a dentist.

Not all general practices will revert to universal bulk billing under a bipartisan $8.5 billion pledge to boost Medicare as costs jump across Australia.

Angus Taylor says the Coalition ‘won’t get in the way’ of Labor’s proposed $8.5b bulk billing GP plan to allow more Australians to visit a doctor but claims the move is ‘cleaning up the mess’ Labor has made.

In a few short hours, Kay Henderson will end her life through voluntary assisted dying after a lengthy health battle.

A total of five people have died from the infectious disease.

The first Australian state to legalise voluntary euthanasia is set to lift a ‘gag clause’ on doctors raising the subject with terminally ill patients.

One of the country’s largest IVF providers was forced to take its systems offline after it was targeted in a suspected cyber attack. 

When US woman Krystena Murray delivered a healthy baby boy in 2023, she knew immediately it wasn't hers.