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Hospital probe backs up calls by grieving parents

Hospital probe backs up calls by grieving parents

Pressure is mounting on a state government to take further action at a privately-owned public hospital after the deaths of two children.

Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

A scathing report accuses the operator of a controversial hospital where two children died of inaction and failing to meet healthcare standards.

Parents reveal toll of devastating hospital death

Parents of a child who died after being treated at a Sydney hospital run in a public-private partnership have opened up on their loss.

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Global pact to shore up world's future pandemic defence

Global pact to shore up world's future pandemic defence

A global supply chain and logistic network features in a proposed pact to fight future pandemics that has been agreed by World Health Organisation members.

Hackman's wife researched symptoms of flu-like illness

Hackman's wife researched symptoms of flu-like illness

The last emails and internet searches by Gene Hackman's wife in the days before her death reveal her researching flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.

Dose of cultural medicine to 'decolonise healthcare'

Dose of cultural medicine to 'decolonise healthcare'

Most Indigenous people would like to access cultural medicine, but many have difficulty doing so, with the practices largely left out of medical policy.

AI and 3D technology weaponised in fight against cancer

AI and 3D technology weaponised in fight against cancer

Medical researchers will use cutting-edge technology to 'print' cancer cells and test treatments on them rather than patients following a $2 million grant.

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Barriers to clear in private-public hospital talks

Barriers to clear in private-public hospital talks

Barriers to clear in private-public hospital talks

A private hospital operator's plans to sell its facility to the state could face a few barriers, as a taskforce probes the contract ahead of negotiations.

Buoyed PM touts Aussie values not 'Americanised' health

Buoyed PM touts Aussie values not 'Americanised' health

Buoyed PM touts Aussie values not 'Americanised' health

Buoyed PM touts Aussie values not 'Americanised' health

The prime minister has talked up his personal connection to Medicare as he defends Labor's slender hold on one battleground seat.

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Steeply rising prices for mental healthcare appointments hurt young people the most, adding to the psychological burden while enduring a cost-of-living crisis.

Buildings crumbling as gap widens for Aboriginal people

Buildings crumbling as gap widens for Aboriginal people

Buildings crumbling as gap widens for Aboriginal people

Buildings crumbling as gap widens for Aboriginal people

Four out of five buildings used for Aboriginal health and wellbeing services in one state will need to be repaired or replaced as outcomes stagnate and worsen.

Tobacco war could put pressure on emergency departments

Tobacco war could put pressure on emergency departments

Tobacco war could put pressure on emergency departments

Tobacco war could put pressure on emergency departments

Violence linked to the illegal tobacco trade could lead to serious injuries and more work for busy emergency departments, doctors warn.

Hidden crisis in gynaecological cancers affecting women

Hidden crisis in gynaecological cancers affecting women

Hidden crisis in gynaecological cancers affecting women

Hidden crisis in gynaecological cancers affecting women

As 19 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer every day, advocates are calling for more funding to improve treatments after decades of underinvestment.

Push to support bereaved parents after hospital deaths

Push to support bereaved parents after hospital deaths

Push to support bereaved parents after hospital deaths

Push to support bereaved parents after hospital deaths

The families of boys who died at privately run hospitals have hit out at their sons' care, as the peak medical body says issues persist across health systems.

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'Reduce the misery' and get a flu jab, experts urge

People are being urged to take influenza and other respiratory diseases seriously and get vaccinated before cold weather arrives.

Backyard orchard bearing fruit for remote residents

A backyard orchard is proving wrong the myth that remote regions are barren, sparking a mission to bring productive gardens to communities across Australia.

Spotlight on IVF regulation over embryo mix-up

The parents impacted by a mix-up at a leading IVF clinic will be entitled to compensation and a leading legal expert believes the birth family will get custody.

Legal 'nightmare' after woman births stranger's baby

An IVF mix up that led to a woman giving birth to someone else's baby could wade into uncharted legal territory and highlighted concerns with the industry.

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Young survivors say cancer does not end with remission

More than 30,000 Australians are young cancer survivors but little is known about how the disease affects patients later in life.

Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after IVF bungle

A mistake at a fertility care clinic has resulted in a woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient's baby after their embryos were mixed up.

Health giant wants to check out of 'great hospital'

A major public hospital's deal with a troubled private operator could come to an end after a two-year-old's death prompted a ban on future partnerships.

Busy city-centre on alert after legionnaires' hits six

Six people have been hospitalised with hundreds of thousands more warned to monitor for symptoms after a bacterial outbreak in a busy city-centre.

Multibillion-dollar benefit of reproductive leave

Giving workers one day of leave a month to care for reproductive needs would help reduce the $21.3 billion cost of absent employees, a report has found.

Loo breaks a luxury for swamped regional doctors

Some doctors are too busy to go to the toilet during long shifts and warn a "vicious cycle of burnout" means worse patient care, as they fight for better pay.

Doctor covering 150 patients pleads for fair treatment

Henry Crayton worked 135 hours in the past fortnight with just one day off, covering 150 patients per shift - and he's not alone in wanting better treatment.

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