Healthcare
The Queensland scientists pushing the bounds of the impossible
Working in STEM can be a challenging road, but the World Science Festival Brisbane has shone the spotlight on Queensland scientists pushing the envelope.
- by Stuart Layt
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Crime
Feeling better now: hunger striker Isa Islam has parole revoked
Record-breaking hunger striker Isa Islam is now back in the custody of Corrective Services after breaching his parole.
- by Peter Brewer
Healthcare
Unvaccinated primary student and backpacker catch measles in Sydney
Two new cases of measles have prompted warnings for children at a school in the city's west and people in the CBD.
- by Kate Aubusson
Healthcare
Leaders urged to declare Aboriginal child suicides a 'national crisis'
Prime Minister Scott Morrison must declare Indigenous child suicides a national emergency.
- by Kate Aubusson
Drugs
Queensland doctors backs calls for pill testing at festivals
Queensland's peak medical body has thrown its weight behind calls for pill testing to be used at all music festivals, saying it could save lives.
- by Stuart Layt
Aged care royal commission
'I felt blackmailed': heavy-handed tactics in the aged care industry
One registered nurse managing in-home care had 120 patients, leaving her with little time for individuals.
- by Harriet Alexander
Healthcare
Warnings of visits to aged-care homes as summer flu rates skyrocket
People with the symptoms of flu are being urged not to visit elderly relatives following a surge of outbreaks at NSW aged-care facilities.
- by Kate Aubusson
Smoking & vaping
Squinting smokers: Price boards shrunk under tough new tobacco laws
Changes to the signage include the smaller price boards and updated graphic health warnings to be displayed next to where tobacco information is displayed.
- by Hamish Hastie
Hospitals
Emergency department staff concerns 'not my responsibility': WA Health Minister
“I do not strut up and down the corridors of the wards counting the numbers of nurses, doctors and allied health staff to ensure that they are there.”
- by Daile Cross and Lauren Pilat
Hospitals
'Completely intolerable': peak body slams three-day hospital wait
The nation's peak body for emergency doctors is calling for more to be done manage patient flows to prevent emergency department wait times of up to three days.
- by Stuart Layt
Illness
Silicosis victim's brother also suffering from deadly disease
The brother of silicosis victim Anthony White has revealed he too has been diagnosed with the deadly disease, amid calls for a national response to the crisis.
- by Stuart Layt