An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more
A disability support provider has been fined $1.8 million after admitting serious shortfalls in staff training that led to a vulnerable Indigenous woman dying from burns after being given a bath. Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 to 40 per cent of her body when she was bathed at her home in Orange, in central-west … Read more
Australians who made recent trips to Bali have warned other travellers to be careful when visiting the popular island destination amid a rise in cases of dengue fever. “Go to Bali they said, it will be fun they said,” one traveller said on social media. “First 10 days I didn’t see one mosquito or get … Read more
Dana Kirkland grew up riding quad bikes on a farm in South Australia’s southeast but, after a life-changing accident in 2021, she’s now warning families to avoid using them all together. Kirkland shared details of her “traumatic” accident after the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide revealed eight children had been seriously injured in quad … Read more
Sufferers of a blinding type of headache say pharmaceutical companies are putting profits before pain relief. Joshua Lee Spencer is one of thousands of people affected by debilitated headaches. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Australians battling debilitating pain can no longer access only medication that helps. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now “You really … Read more
A Victorian family is hoping to raise awareness about a rare illness that hospitalised their daughter and left her unable to feed herself. The parents of Indiana Pulham – Stacey and Damien Simpson – said their daughter fell from the monkey bars at school and was taken to hospital in Warrnambool, unable to walk. Doctors … Read more
A leading Aussie nutritionist has shared the seven things she would never drink, and there are a few surprising beverages on the list. Sally O’Neil, from Sydney, has built up a huge social media following for her no-nonsense approach to nutrition and diet. Now, she has revealed the drinks she always steers clear of. Trends, … Read more
LIBBY, Mont. — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town of Libby. He liked to sneak into vermiculite-filled storage bins … Read more
Two sisters are warning the public about an invasive form of strep after their mother and step-father died from the disease on the same day earlier this year. Sammi and Meta Ross said doctors failed to recognize the warning signs of group A strep until it was too late. Strep A are bacteria found on … Read more
Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago. It’s time, she said Friday, for the federal government to start making amends. “People have died and are still dying,” Nickel, co-founder … Read more
