“People are more just, like, they don’t want to come and get smashed every night. They just want to go and do something more chilled, hang out with their friends.” It’s a comment to 7NEWS by one school leaver that sums up the apparent trend in attitudes of revellers at annual Schoolies celebrations on the … Read more
When Sally Manny was told her son was having an allergic reaction at school, she assumed something had been shared in the classroom. The Sydney mum checks everything she buys to make sure there are no nuts for six-year-old Hugo, who is allergic. She rushed Hugo to hospital when he started “screaming in pain like … Read more
A new mother enduring excruciating pain, bleeding and bruising from a severe birth injury was dismissed with one short sentence: “you’ve just had a baby”. It is one of many stories set to be aired at the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma, sitting in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday. The committee, which has received 4000 … Read more
Australian health insurance company HCF has announced it is giving back an additional $40 million in health insurance claims savings to its members. Private health insurer HCF has already given back a total of $536 million since the start of the pandemic to its 1.8 million Australian customers as part of their pandemic-related savings support … Read more
Professor Matt Dun lost his daughter Josie to a “tragic” and aggressive form of cancer when she was just four years old. The loss of his child sparked a very personal and important mission for the biomedical scientist at the University of Newcastle to try to find treatments for the rare disease. Josie was diagnosed … Read more
An inquest into the deaths of three people during forced COVID quarantine at Howard Springs will examine the legality of their detention and the adequacy of their care. David Hardy, 77, Raylene Dick, 50, and Karen Bading, 56, were all classified as deaths in custody. The trio had been diagnosed with or suspected to have … Read more
Running into poles, tripping over toys and sitting too close to the TV were everyday occurrences for five-year-old Georgia. The GP attributed the uncoordinated actions of the Tasmanian school girl to her lazy eye, and told her parents it was nothing to worry about and that it should fix itself. But eight months later, the … Read more
Australians have been warned they could be forced to go without crucial medications this holiday season, including antibiotics and antidepressants. According to the Department of Health and Aged Care Therapeutic Goods Administration there are currently 446 medicines impacted by shortages and discontinuations across the country. Over 40 critical medicines are also unavailable for thousands of … Read more
A chihuahua cross has been praised for pressing a medical device, alerting paramedics to her 90-year-old owner struggling to breathe. Minnie doesn’t usually like being held but on Friday, December 1, after noticing her owner Joyce Gibbs struggling to breathe at her home in Kingston, in the state’s southeast the pooch did the unexpected. WATCH … Read more
A critically ill Melbourne mother and her family are making a desperate plea to help them raise funds to cover her medical bills and the cost of flying her back to Australia for emergency surgery. Gina Wherrett, 62, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) in September 2022. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melbourne mum stranded … Read more
