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Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Call for national testing standard after Qld lab bungle

Queensland's attorney-general has backed the concept of a national standard for forensic testing after years of bungles at a state-run laboratory.

Australians delaying doctor visits due to rising costs

Australians delaying doctor visits due to rising costs

Australians delaying doctor visits due to rising costs

Australians delaying doctor visits due to rising costs

Put off by surging prices, patients are increasingly delaying or skipping important appointments with doctors, dentists and medical health professionals.

New vaccines to target current COVID-19 variants

New vaccines to target current COVID-19 variants

New vaccines to target current COVID-19 variants

New vaccines to target current COVID-19 variants

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says the latest COVID-19 vaccines targeting current Omicron variants will be available to Australians next month.

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Deadly warning for DIY home renovators

Deadly warning for DIY home renovators

Australians wanting to renovate their homes are being warned of a deadly material that could endanger the lives of their families and neighbours.

Backlog after 'flawed' DNA testing could take years

Backlog after 'flawed' DNA testing could take years

Another DNA testing bungle has been exposed at Queensland's troubled forensic lab, meaning more than 100,000 samples might need to be re-tested.

Man dies after waiting for hospital bed in ambulance

Man dies after waiting for hospital bed in ambulance

Queensland's health minister says a full clinical review is under way after a grandfather allegedly spent hours in an ambulance waiting for a hospital bed.

WA COVID surge prompts return of mask mandate

WA COVID surge prompts return of mask mandate

West Australia is reintroducing mask-wearing requirements in public hospitals due to a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past two months.

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The AI will see you now: why tech is helping doctors

The AI will see you now: why tech is helping doctors

The AI will see you now: why tech is helping doctors

The AI will see you now: why tech is helping doctors

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in hospitals and doctors' offices but one expert says it's best used keeping doctors away from fax machines.

Past due date: no solution to midwifery insurance gap

Past due date: no solution to midwifery insurance gap

Past due date: no solution to midwifery insurance gap

Past due date: no solution to midwifery insurance gap

A gap in professional indemnity insurance for endorsed midwives has still not been fixed, a month after the Health Department was advised of the issue.

Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment to be subsidised

Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment to be subsidised

Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment to be subsidised

Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment to be subsidised

Thousands of Australian men battling advanced prostate cancer will have access to a breakthrough drug offering the chance to live longer and with better health.

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as prescription rates jump.

Death and overdoses from 'fake cocaine' spark warning

Death and overdoses from 'fake cocaine' spark warning

Death and overdoses from 'fake cocaine' spark warning

Death and overdoses from 'fake cocaine' spark warning

A person has died and two others overdosed after ingesting what they thought was cocaine but turned out to be heroin, prompting a warning for other users.

Car park build probed as source of fungus cluster

Car park build probed as source of fungus cluster

Car park build probed as source of fungus cluster

Car park build probed as source of fungus cluster

Construction of a car park at a Brisbane hospital is being looked at as a possible source for a fungus cluster that has affected five heart-transplant patients.

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

A federal government study has found a 15 per cent decrease in 14 to 24-year-olds participating in binge drinking over the past 12 months.

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Anti-vax bus driver jailed before cop assault sentence

A bus driver who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and threw glass bottles and rocks at cops during a protest has been locked up ahead of his sentence.

Qld braces for COVID cases as infection wave lifts

Cases of COVID-19 are expected to surge in Queensland over the next fortnight but the chief health officer has vehemently ruled out imposing a mask mandate.

Paramedics issue new high stakes threat over pay deal

NSW paramedics have upped the ante in their pay battle, threatening to go 'nuclear' by letting their registrations lapse as the state heads into festive season.

Almost a third of GPs plan to retire in next five years

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' latest Health of the Nation report calls for measures to help retain and increase the GP workforce.

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Health boss backs hospital over fungal infection cases

Queensland's health chief says he would undergo a heart transplant at a Brisbane hospital after five patients suffered fungal infections at the facility.

Bunnings to ditch silicosis-causing engineered stone

Hardware chain Bunnings will stop selling engineered stone from the end of the year as a campaign continues to ban the material.

Failure to give CPR before aged care resident's death

Staff at an aged care home failed to perform CPR on a resident who died from heart failure because they incorrectly thought he had a do-not-resuscitate order.

Thalidomide survivors to receive formal apology

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver a formal apology in parliament on behalf of the government to survivors of the drug thalidomide and their families.

Shark attack leaves woman with serious head injuries

A woman has been hurt in a suspected shark attack, marking the third incident in two months in South Australia.

Doctors defuse 'toxic timebomb', remove dangerous cyst

A Brisbane woman hopes to raise awareness about hydatid disease after doctors defused a "toxic timebomb", removing a watermelon-sized cyst from the 29-year-old.

'We've got to do better': farmers tackle mental health

Farmers are hitting the road for a series of workshops across Queensland and NSW to help other producers prepare mentally for the tough times ahead.

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