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Govt public service boost as unions march on Labour Day

Govt public service boost as unions march on Labour Day

Queensland Premier Steven Miles has marched with union members after making an Australian-first health leave announcement for public service workers.

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Medical research is still a men’s game, despite the fact almost half the nation's doctors are women, an internationally renowned anaesthesia researcher says.

Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health admits it breached health and safety legislation before a mental health patient took her own life at Casey Hospital in Melbourne's southeast.

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Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

A meeting of anaesthetists has been told medical practitioners are offered little training on the range of treatment options available for chronic pelvic pain.

Child protection a 'disgrace' say mental health experts

Child protection a 'disgrace' say mental health experts

The leading cause of death for First Nations children and young people is taking their own lives, with experts calling for more investment in prevention.

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

A pre-surgery anxiety clinic in Brisbane has been working to calm worried children before they undergo medical tests or procedures.

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Data from 4000 people who used Monash Health's family violence and sexual assault support units across two decades has been caught in a data breach.

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Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Poor sleep affects up to 90 per cent of people who suffer from chronic pain, but health practitioners rarely considered it a central part of their treatment.

No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No one will be held criminally accountable for Victoria's fatal COVID-19 hotel quarantine system after charges against the health department were dropped.

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Patient safety could have been compromised when hospital workers posed as patients in a waiting room and ambulance during a ministerial visit, a probe found.

Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work

Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work

Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work

Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work

Jodi Hamilton says granting her mum's wish to die at home in remote Queensland was "everything". It has inspired her award-winning work in palliative care.

Disability service accused of reporting failures

Disability service accused of reporting failures

Disability service accused of reporting failures

Disability service accused of reporting failures

A disability service provider has been taken to court by the NDIS Commission for allegedly failing to report incidents within legally required time periods.

Discovery brings universal flu vaccine one step closer

Discovery brings universal flu vaccine one step closer

Discovery brings universal flu vaccine one step closer

Discovery brings universal flu vaccine one step closer

Scientists are a step closer to developing a universal flu vaccine that could replace yearly jabs thanks to a new discovery made in Melbourne.

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

After a rise to the bulk-billing rate, the country's peak medical body has urged for funding boosts to ensure GPs remain sustainable.

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New hope for Aussies battling early stage breast cancer

Australians who face a high chance of cancer returning have been given new hope with the federal government expanding a treatment subsidy.

After 25 years, birthing suite available for rural mums

Expectant mums in Queensland's far north have been forced to travel more than 800km to the nearest birthing suite for more than two decades.

Legal threat as asbestos-park hit by algae outbreak

An area of Sydney parklands found to contain asbestos will stay closed after a blue-green algae bloom was found in wetlands managed by toll company Transurban.

Landmark doctor underpayment case prompts culture shift

A record settlement for junior doctors in the NSW health system could result in more than 20,000 sharing in a $230 million payout.

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Melbourne's original injecting room to stay

Extra support will be given to Melbourne's sole supervised drug injecting facility after the Victorian government scrapped plans to push ahead with a second.

Dumping of second city injection room 'will cost lives'

A second supervised injecting room will not be built in Melbourne, after the state government rejected a report recommending one for the CBD.

Funding boost to help people with disability into jobs

Though Australians with disability will be supported into employment with a $26 million funding boost, they might not be paid the national minimum wage.

Alarm sounded on 'deep fake' health misinformation

Experts worry it's only going to get harder to stamp out health-related falsehoods on social media as technology blurs the line between fact and fiction.

Troubled forensic lab's DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

A backlog of cases at a Queensland DNA lab has increased as the state opposition calls on the government to release a full strategy to address its issues.

'Get tested': how hip pain led to late cancer diagnosis

Australian men are being urged not to neglect their health after a squash coach who thought he had a sports injury was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

Push for tough vaping laws amid 'prohibition' concerns

The Greens have raised "prohibition" concerns about tough new vaping laws but health ministers from around the country want the legislation to be fast-tracked.

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