Public health

A WA child has died of Murray Valley encephalitis, in a “very rare” case of the mosquito-borne disease not seen in the State since 2018.The West Kimberley child had been flown to a Perth hospital for treatment but sadly couldn’t be saved.WA…

Questions in a survey sent to mothers who had recently given birth at a Brisbane hospital have been slammed as inappropriate and distressing.Mothers were asked to rate their own behaviour during labour and whether they had any fantasies of…

Medicare cards are now available on another digital app, which the federal government wants to see become a one-stop destination for all official documents.The social security card was already available via the Medicare app, but now, it can…

Patients are being put on notice that they’ll be turned away from Perth hospitals and refused treatment if they turn violent.A major policy shift has been sparked by a dangerous increase in attacks that end in staff spread thinner inside…

An emerging life-threatening fungus is now being considered an urgent global threat after clinical cases of its infections were found to have nearly doubled in the US.While it might sound similar to the ominous premise for apocalyptic hit…

New research into Australia’s love affair with gambling has found three-quarters of adults have taken a punt at least once over the past 12 months — with half of those also classified as being at risk of gambling harm.The study, conducted…

Rachel Kayrooz remembers the first time she seized two years ago, gripped by fear as her teenage daughter watched on in horror.“My daughter and I didn’t know what was going on and I couldn’t communicate or move,” she told 7NEWS.com.au.“It’s…

Mary Saladino spends most of her days holding her son in her arms while he violently seizes, whispering to him as she frantically tries to save his life. Nearly every day she witnesses her baby waver on the brink of death, not breathing and…

Just nine short months ago, Miquette Abercrombie was living an intensely active life to the fullest, often hitting the gym no less than twice a day.The 50-year-old told 7NEWS.com.au her quality of her life was “amazing”.WATCH THE VIDEO…

One of WA’s top trauma surgeons has described the “enormous exponential increase” of serious e-scooter injuries presenting to Royal Perth Hospital’s emergency department as a “new disease”, as figures reveal the alarming rate of people…