With warm water spilling down her back, Indi Woollard stood hunched over in the shower, screaming and crying in agony. Her mum stood helplessly in the bathroom knowing exactly the cause of her daughter’s excruciating pain — endometriosis. The Melbourne schoolgirl had gone with her mother from doctor to doctor, seeking an answer to the … Read more
The federal government has denied claims of delays in its $800m free shingles vaccine rollout, despite some GPs alerting to a lack of supply. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said almost half a million vaccines have been delivered since October, two months after the government announced that five million Australians would be able to access … Read more
Driving to hospital with her seven-year-old son in the car, Mel Wyse was overcome with a feeling of “impending doom”. “That gut feeling that just doesn’t sit well in your stomach,” she told 7NEWS.com.au. It was December 23, 2022 and Wyse’s husband had just spotted a lump on their son, Tom while at a Sydney … Read more
A regional Victorian community has banded together to raise money for a nine-year-old cancer patient whose Christmas display outside his home was destroyed. Security cameras captured the moment a vandal tore down Ethan Simpson’s display in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The display was posted in the front yard of his Wodonga home and … Read more
For years, Mia Morrissey lived with a voice in her head. An “all-consuming” internal monologue that isolated her teenage self from those around her, reminding her she was not good enough. The actress’s complex relationship with food began when she was 10 years old, but it was at age 15 when her life was feeling … Read more
The parents of a little boy who died in his sleep a day after Christmas have described the moment their “world fell apart”. Darren Midgley and Cheryl Szulhan’s son Jack, aged just 16 months, died on Boxing Day in 2022 at their home in Yorkshire, in northern England. Jack’s father described Christmas as “wonderful”, saying … Read more
St Vincent’s Health is urgently responding to a cyber attack after hackers stole data from its network days before Christmas. The nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider has launched an investigation into whether the data breach continues after it detected the cyber security attack on Tuesday. Camera IconSt Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney is … Read more
A global fitness phenomenon started by South Australian influencer Kayla Itsines has countless followers, and one mega Hollywood star has just revealed he has been among them for years. Michael Fassbender, the German-Irish film star of Hollywood blockbusters such as X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Alien: Covenant, told Men’s Health he uses Ms Itsines’ Sweat app … Read more
Millions of Australians are not taking into account the heightened risk of extreme weather this summer, possibly putting themselves and their families into danger while on holiday. From bushfires to cyclones, summer has long been a hazardous time for the nation, but this year’s El Nino weather event has dialled up the danger by pushing … Read more
Henry Bryant is only a few days old, but he has already entered the history books. The 2.9kg infant was the first baby born in Australia from a transplanted uterus, arriving into the world via caesarean (C-section) at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women on December 15. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mother becomes first woman in … Read more
