Healthcare
Perth homelessness services sound the alarm: 'We are at breaking point'
Services providing support to homeless people in Perth have banded together to sound the alarm, warning the sector is at breaking point because funding levels have stagnated for years.
- by Daile Cross
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Obesity
'That was the most heartbreaking part': Australia's obesity epidemic out of control
Almost one million more people have become obese in the past three years alone, a major report warns.
- by Kate Aubusson
Hospitals
South-east Queensland hospital system stretched to capacity
South-east Queensland residents urged not to go to hospital unless absolutely necessary, with all hospital emergency departments in the region at capacity.
- by Stuart Layt
Construction
Health Minister 'confident' public safe at WA hospitals in wake of cladding revelation
Cladding partly blamed for the Grenfell Tower tragedy in the UK has also been used in several WA hospitals.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Hospitals
Potentially combustible cladding found at Fiona Stanley Hospital
In an email sent to all staff on Monday Fiona Stanley bosses confirmed the presence of aluminium composite panels on the state's largest hospital.
- by Hamish Hastie
Illness
Measles warning after man visits Brisbane CBD, Valley, Spring Hill
Authorities are concerned the latest patient could be the first recent case of a person contracting the disease in Queensland, instead of overseas.
- by Stuart Layt
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Mental health
'You think they're going to be safe': Inquest to probe treatment of Aboriginal patient in mental health system
An inquest into the death of young Aboriginal man Harley Larking will raise wider questions about the treatment of Aboriginal people in Victoria's mental health system.
- by Miki Perkins
Healthcare
A 'brutal' life-saving surgery. But parents worry: who comes back?
When a parent agrees to hemispherectomy surgery, they do so not knowing who their child will be on the other side.
- by Liam Mannix
Healthcare
Revheads warned as woman diagnosed with measles after Grand Prix
Punters who visited the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne last weekend may have been exposed to measles, Victorian health authorities have warned.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Healthcare
'In complete shock': Sydney man contracts HIV despite taking PrEP drug
Steven Spencer tested positive in December, despite diligently using PrEP "on demand" before and after sexual encounters in line with the advice of doctors.
- by Kate Aubusson
World Science Festival
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