Catera Bentley stared at the positive pregnancy test and couldn’t believe her eyes. She took a second test, then a third. There was no question — she was pregnant. She called her husband at work and told him there was a giant spider in the house he had to come get rid of. He rushed … Read more
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine worldwide just months after admitting it could cause a rare but dangerous side effect. An application to withdraw the vaccine in the European Union was made on March 5 and came into effect on Tuesday, according to The Telegraph. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: AstraZeneca withdraws COVID vaccine from European … Read more
A beachside community in Western Australia needs a new general practitioner — and the local practice is offering a huge sum to anyone willing to take on the job. Livingston Medical is advertising a GP role in Bremer Bay, on the state’s south coast between Albany and Esperance. The job comes with an eye-watering $300,000 … Read more
“We are able to quantify how outcomes would have been different in real events,” says de Guzman. “I know that projections are for a higher number of extreme heat days in each of these communities.” In other words: The time to act is now. Tall trees provide shade, for one, but plants in general release … Read more
After a shock cancer diagnosis, terminally ill Simon Baraniec’s dying wish was simple. The Port Adelaide Football Club fan wanted to return to Adelaide Oval, a place close to his heart, to have a beer and pie with his friends and family. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Terminally ill footy fan granted final wish to enjoy … Read more
Queensland public servants will have 10 days’ reproductive health leave per year in an Australian-first initiative. Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced new entitlements for government workers providing days off for fertility treatments, chronic reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis and preventative screening for breast and prostate cancers. Workers will also be granted leave for … Read more
A woman fell pregnant with a “miracle baby” while battling a brain tumour – after her dad died of the same cancer. Paige Gouge, 27, was diagnosed with diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM) – an aggressive brain tumour – aged 25. Her dad, Mark Gouge, had passed away at age 37 from the same cancer … Read more
A mother has been told she has less than a year left to live if she’s unable to have a bowel transplant, after a caesarean birth went wrong. Kelsie McHugh, 30, was having an emergency C-section to give birth to her daughter Renae, now 18 months, when surgeons accidentally sliced a 20cm cut in her … Read more
Hospital workers will not be disciplined for pretending to be patients to make a regional Victorian facility look busy during the health minister’s visit. About 10 staff posed as patients in the waiting room of Colac Area Health Urgent Care Centre in August 2023, a Victorian Health Department probe found. The full report has not … Read more
Almost one million extra trips to the GP have been bulk-billed since additional incentives for doctors came into effect, but the government has ruled out further rises to the scheme. The bulk-billing rate rose 2.1 per cent to 77.7 per cent in March, according to government data. More Australians did not have to pay for … Read more
