Emergency ward monitoring in $15m package for next storm asthma crisis
State's emergency control centre to monitor emergency departments in real time to detect surges.
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Rania Spooner
Rania is a health reporter at The Age.
Researchers perfect an artificial womb that works as well as ewe do
The hope is this technology will one day be used to aid development of severely premature babies.
Increase in Australian cancer cases linked to breast implants
So far 51 cases of a rare blood cancer linked to breast implants confirmed in Australia.
Australian boy contracts hepatitis E from blood donation
A six-year-old boy has become the first Australian to be infected with the liver-damaging virus hepatitis E by receiving locally donated blood.
3D printing, cutting-edge surgery give Susie something to smile about
Melbourne surgeon hopes his revolutionary technique is more than just a 'gimmick'; his patient is pining her hopes on it changing her life - 28 years on from a devastating accident.
Hundreds of pharmacies suspend controversial stroke screening service
Hundreds of Amcal pharmacies have stopped offering a controversial stroke screening service after the Chief Medical Officer warned it could do people more harm than good.
Stroke screening does more harm than good: Chief Medical Officer
A stroke charity accused of frightening people into having potentially unnecessary scans of their arteries is being investigated by the Commonwealth's Chief Medical Officer.
Doctors sound alarm on controversial 'strokecheck' tests
Leading vascular surgeons, the Australian Medical Association and the Stroke Foundation are all warning the public to avoid a new charity that has partnered with Amcal pharmacies and workplaces to host GP consultations about stroke risks.
Forty workers investigated over Bacchus Marsh Hospital baby deaths
Health authorities have investigated 40 doctors, nurses and other professionals over the baby deaths scandal at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.
Health services 'refusing to treat unvaccinated children'
Australian health providers have been accused of refusing to give medical care to one in six unvaccinated children.
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