A scathing auditor-general's report has accused a hospital of not doing enough to address safety risks at its facility mired in controversy.
Alex Mitchell
Pfizer has confirmed it has halted development of a once a day pill after concerning side effects were discovered that has left a recipient with a ‘liver injury’.
Max Corstorphan
Ambulance ramping in WA has more than doubled in the past five years, with paramedics forced to spend longer waiting outside hospitals with their patients.
Hannah Cross
Regional West Australians living with concussions will have better access to health care following a partnership between WA Country Health Service and the Australian Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Study.
Sofia Fimognari
As of the end of January, Australia’s home care waiting list sits at a staggering 81,000, underlining a growing crisis for our ageing population.
Russell Bricknell
Rates of childhood obesity are higher among low socioeconomic families, new Australian research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Parents of a child who died after being treated at a Sydney hospital run in a public-private partnership have opened up on their loss.
A NSW father stopped in Albany last Thursday for his 254th blood donation on his mission to donate at every centre in Australia and save 100,000 lives.
Melissa Sheil
The last emails and internet searches by Gene Hackman's wife in the days before her death reveal her researching flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.
Susan Montoya Bryan
Medical researchers will use cutting-edge technology to 'print' cancer cells and test treatments on them rather than patients following a $2 million grant.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
After being unable to urinate for six years due to a rare condition, a 22-year-old woman has detailed her harrowing journey, including a stay in a psychiatric hospital.
Kimberley Braddish
They are often blamed for causing brain rot — but using technology such as a mobile phone could actually keep your mind sharp into old age, new research suggests.
Artemisia Blythe
A private hospital operator's plans to sell its facility to the state could face a few barriers, as a taskforce probes the contract ahead of negotiations.
Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell
The West Australian measles outbreak has now reached 14 confirmed cases, with the Department of Health identifying two new cases on the weekend.
The widow of a stalwart WA farmer who took his life amid a battle with prostate cancer is calling on politicians to ‘stand up’ and pay more attention to the disease killing Australian men.
Jake Dietsch
On the horizon, WA is already set to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice to progress towards autonomous prescribing for a broad range of conditions over the next couple of years.
Kim Brotherson
Children born to a mother who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, according to a WA study.
As 19 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer every day, advocates are calling for more funding to improve treatments after decades of underinvestment.
Maeve Bannister
The families of boys who died at privately run hospitals have hit out at their sons' care, as the peak medical body says issues persist across health systems.
Rachael Ward
People are being urged to take influenza and other respiratory diseases seriously and get vaccinated before cold weather arrives.
Aaron Bunch
It’s an intimate type of care that few are cut out for, but Fiona Wood and Dale Edgar are among those making it their mission to improve burns care and healing.
More than two decades since the death of their son whose life was only just beginning, Helen and Gary Dunn still use the same word to describe their Jack — tenacious.
Two new cases of measles have been confirmed in WA as authorities continue to broadcast an urgent message to vaccinate.
