WA’s planned Women’s and Babies Hospital has been thrown into disarray by the spectacular collapse of the builder handpicked by the State Government to deliver the politically sensitive project.
Dylan Caporn and Ben Harvey
Abortion access will improve under changes allowing nurses and midwives to prescribe drugs but other barriers remain for women in rural and regional areas.
Jack Gramenz
Spouses and partners are perpetrators in half the assaults that land women in hospitals across Australia, while homicides have increased in the past five years.
Stephanie Gardiner
Doctors are in open revolt against the State Government’s new gun laws, refusing to conduct the health assessments people need to get a firearm licence.
Ben Harvey
Working long hours at the office may change parts of the brain associated with memory and problem solving, new research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Rebecca's son knew he was transgender at age 12, but his long and difficult journey to transitioning was abruptly halted when a state government intervened.
Savannah Meacham
A suite of resources about genetic conditions, testing and genomics research aims to fulfil a need for culturally grounded information for families.
Keira Jenkins
Bindi Irwin has shared a shocking health update after she was rushed to a New York hospital for emergency surgery before surgeons found 14 lesions.
Amy Lee
Researchers hope diagnostic guidelines will help to reduce stigma and improve diagnosis and services for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
The tenth annual Mother’s Day Classic was held on Sunday morning to raise money for breast and ovarian cancer.
Sofia Fimognari
Records that were broken during COVID should be the exception, not the new standard.
Jessica Page
Researchers compared two popular weight-loss injections and found that while both helped people lose kilos, one turned out to be more effective.
Jane Kirby and Harry Stedman
A crack team of specialists has been installed at Royal Perth Hospital to proactively manage patient aggression and support staff, in a WA-first which will be rolled out at other hospitals.
Rhianna Mitchell
A new CT scanner at an Indigenous-owned medical imaging service has become a symbol of hope, healing and culture for one regional community.
Chris Harrison credits a heart attack with saving his life as the Heart Foundation urges Australians to undergo a simple health check.
Katelyn Catanzariti
People juggling mental ill-health and weight loss can safely use Ozempic and its equivalents without negative impacts on any existing medication, research has found.
Hannah Cross
The dentist at the centre of a scandal involving 132 dumped and desperate patients had been ordered to undertake education by the industry regulator in 2021 following complaints about his work.
John Flint
An unwelcome silence has befallen suburbs and towns across WA as a deadly syndrome threatens to wipe out local magpies and strip streets of their iconic song.
Jay Hanna
Mosley died on the Greek Island of Symi, after an ill-fated walk.
Caleb Taylor
The number of specialists working in rural Western Australia has increased in the last year but more remote communities are still missing out.
Hundreds of students have flocked to school donning epic superhero costumes as part of a new challenge to teach children about the importance of ‘kids helping kids’ in raising money for Telethon.
Jessica Evensen
WA health experts have sounded the alarm with the State’s flu and RSV vaccination rates lagging behind the rest of the country in the lead up to winter.
The alarming admission came about when a GP was talking to a 16-year-old patient.
Vaping and the use of e-cigarettes will now be banned at indoor workplaces in Western Australian following an update to the State’s work health and safety regulations.
Oliver Lane
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