Several more positive samples of asbestos have been found in the newly opened Rozelle Parklands, with the NSW government now scrambling to test other sites where the contaminated mulch product was used. The 10ha park above the Rozelle Interchange in Sydney’s inner west was closed on Wednesday after samples of garden mulch near the children’s … Read more
In June last year, a series of devastating wildfires tore through the Canadian province of Quebec, sending huge plumes of acrid smoke drifting across North America. Three hundred miles away in Boston, dermatologist Shadi Kourosh noticed something strange. “We had an unusual spike in dermatology visits,” says Kourosh, who is director of community health in … Read more
A new 10-hectare park above the Roselle Interchange in Sydney’s inner west has been closed following the discovery of asbestos near a children’s playground. Transport for NSW said on Wednesday the Rozelle Parklands, built on the former Rozelle Railyards, had been closed after “samples of garden mulch” were found to contain traces of asbestos. “Remediation … Read more
NSW and Victoria are both recording a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations, as emerging variant JN.1 drives a new wave of infections. Health officials say while the new strain is not necessarily more infectious than those before it, Christmas and New Year celebrations have helped it to rapidly become one of the most prevalent. … Read more
Summer Steer was just four years old when she died after swallowing a button battery in June 2013. A decade later, her grieving mother is calling for a total ban on the product. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mum calls for ban on button batteries. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> … Read more
A fall in the number of GPs bulk billing highlights the need for the federal government to make healthcare more affordable, a peak doctors’ group says. A report by healthcare monitors Cleanbill revealed the national average for out-of-pocket costs to see a GP is now $41.69, up by more than 3 per cent on 2023. … Read more
A Frankston teenager and his family are calling for an overhaul to Victoria’s meningococcal vaccination program after the 18-year-old almost died when he was struck down by a strain of the deadly disease. Lachy Wright woke up on the morning of December 12 with a sore throat. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Frankston family caught in … Read more
People who have been in central Sydney are being warned to watch out for symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease, after seven cases were recorded in the past three weeks. Three women and four men, aged from their 20s to 70s, visited locations in the CBD on separate occasions in the 10 days before developing symptoms. WATCH … Read more
Chinese officials say they have not detected any “unusual or novel diseases”, the World Health Organisation reports, after an official request by the UN health agency for information about a spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children. WHO cited unspecified media reports and a global infectious disease monitoring service as reporting clusters … 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
