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WeatherPremiumMore wild weather to smash state

Millions of Aussies are being warned that days’ more wild weather is on the way, as floodwaters and heavy rainfall continue to smash one state.

Alexandra Feiam

The baby required months of recovery. Supplied,

NewsPremiumCops reveal update in baby coffee attack case

Police have given an update on their hunt for a man who allegedly poured hot coffee on a nine-month-old baby, leaving him with horrific injuries.

Alexandra Feiam

Women working in medical science say the barriers that defined their careers are no longer the same. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthFinally: generational shift here for women in science

Three generations of women in one Australian family are demonstrating how the gender playing field has levelled in the field of medical science.

Katelyn Catanzariti

Premier Roger Cook has apologised to a Perth mother who was forced to give birth on the Kwinana Freeway as senior hospital executives arrange to share the findings of a likely damning review.

HealthCommentsPremiumCook sorry for mum’s freeway birth as review findings loom

Premier Roger Cook has apologised to a Perth mother who was forced to give birth on the Kwinana Freeway as senior hospital executives arrange to share the findings of a likely damning review.

Caleb Runciman

WA Premier Roger Cook and Perth MP Patrick Gorman.

state politics PremiumHospital crisis deepens as Federal MP blames councils

Local government has been dragged into the debate over aged care as Labor tried to deflect blame for a huge increase in the number of older patients stranded in public hospitals. 

Jessica Page

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UPDATEDPremium‘In shock’: Star downed in cruel injury blow

An AFL team’s season has been dealt a major blow on the eve of Opening Round with its star facing “worst case scenario” after he went down injured on Friday.

Tyler Lewis

A flight from Indonesia has been listed as an exposure site after health authorities confirmed two new cases of measles in WA.

HealthCommentsHealth alert as busy flight to Perth listed as exposure site

WA Health put out a public health alert on Thursday morning.

Hannah Cross

Professor Bryant Stokes has died, aged 89.

HealthPremiumTributes flow for respected WA neurosurgeon

Premier Roger Cook is among those to pay tribute to pioneering neurosurgeon and health leader Bryant Stokes AO who has been remembered for his ‘fearless advice’ and for being ‘a man who made things happen’.

Ben Harvey

More than 20,000 text messages were sent to almost 10,000 Australian parents as part of the AuTOMATIC trial, conducted by The Kids Research Institute, in an effort to see if it would improve children getting their scheduled vaccinations on-time.

HealthCommentsPremiumGP text nudges could vaccinate 35,000 more WA children

A simple text message reminder could increase the number of children receiving their vaccinations on time, a WA study has revealed.

Claire Sadler

More GPs will be able to diagnose and dispense prescriptions for ADHD medication. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Health'Game-changing': ADHD sufferers to get diagnosis relief

Hundreds of thousands of people with ADHD will be able to bypass expensive psychiatrist visits to get a life-changing diagnosis under a new training scheme.

Tom Wark

The government wants to boost transparency on specialist fees as GP bulk-billing rates increase. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthSpecialists to disclose fees amid bulk-billing rise

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.

HealthCommentsPremiumResearchers uncover way to turbocharge cancer-fighting cells

West Australian and Victorian cancer researchers have found a way to turbocharge cancer-fighting cells to further improve a life-saving immunotherapy.

Hannah Cross

The ACCC also raised concerns about providers claiming products and services — like all-inclusive holidays — were guaranteed to be funded.

HealthPremiumFree overseas holidays: ACCC sounds alarm on NDIS providers

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 man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman and running over another man … NewsWire/Sarah Matray

NewsPremiumWoman stabbed, man hit with car in ‘dispute’

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

Roger Cook has blamed the private sector and Perth’s growing population for diverting women in labour away from our public hospitals.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumPopulation, private sector blamed for horror roadside birth

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

Joe Kieswetter high fives Respiratory Scientist at Respiratory Care WA Faiza Zafar as Joe’s mum Tammie Kieswetter looks on.

EducationCommentsPremiumHot Perth weather fuels asthma flare-ups for school kids

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

Transport Minister John Graham. NewsWire/Gaye Gerard.

POLICEPremiumCrushing blow for illegal e-bike owners

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.

HealthCommentsPremiumHealth minister calm on WA’s ‘dire’ doctor exodus

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

Dr Andy Robertson has urged parents to get their children vaccinated.

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COVID hero’s parting warning to parents: Get kids vaccinated

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

WA Health Minister Meredith Hammat responds to horror freeway birth.

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WA Health Minister ‘deeply disappointed’ with freeway birth

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.

Caleb Runciman

Sami Glastonbury says son Frank's heart condition diagnosis was life changing for their family. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthMum turns child's diagnosis into pledge to help

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

Desperate mother Lena thought her baby was dead when she was forced to give birth on the side of the freeway after being 'kicked out' of St John of God Hospital.

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‘Thought our baby was dead’: Parents’ horror freeway birth

St John of God Midland Public Hospital has been forced to apologise to the family.

Caleb Runciman

New data has revealed that Western Australia performed the worst in emergency department wait times for patients requiring urgent care within 30 minutes of their arrival.

HealthWA’s hospital wait times worst in Australia, report says

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

Statins have long been blamed for medical conditions by those taking them to lower cholesterol. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthMajor study debunks cholesterol drug side-effect fears

Cholesterol-lowering statins don't cause most of the medical conditions often attributed to them, Australian and international researchers have determined.

Aaron Bunch