Extroverted by nature, Hunter Karam has always been someone with lots of friends. Yet when the Sydney local was reeling from the end of a long-term relationship in his early 20s, he felt he had no one to turn to. While long days at his construction job kept him busy, it left him too tired … Read more
For years Fadwa Mollat missed a simple step in her daily routine which led to a major medical problem at a young age. Over the next 12 years, she racked up about $50,000 in medical bills for various procedures to reverse the impacts. There are concerns one in three Australians have experienced similar health issues. … Read more
Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, federal food safety officials announced Thursday, and the overall number of people sickened rose to 43. The additional death happened in Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Thursday. The other two … Read more
A government department has been charged with failing to meet safety standards at the National Science and Technology Centre known as Questacon over an incident that seriously injured a child. The nine-year-old child was allegedly burned on the hand and wrist when they touched a plasma globe during a July 2022 visit to the Canberra … Read more
A five-year-old girl has been hailed a hero after spotting the warning signs of a stroke in her mother. Lose Tafuna was being driven to school by her mother Robyn Tafuna in 2021 when the little girl noticed something awry from her booster seat in the back of the car. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Five-year-old … Read more
Since then, every Summer and Winter Olympics has adopted a strict smoke-free policy and, since 2010, a complete tobacco-free policy. Smoking is not permitted at any Paris 2024 venues except in designated areas—a rule that extends to vaping. Alcoholic beverage companies are another category of controversial Olympic sponsors, from Molson Brewery at the 1976 Montreal … Read more
One person has reportedly suffered a “reaction” to a strange package that was left in their letterbox, purportedly from NSW Health. NSW Health has warned people to avoid handling any such package, saying it is aware they had been delivered to an unknown number of homes around Leppington and Austral in western Sydney. One resident … Read more
Thursday, June 20 was just like any old school day for 13-year-old Chance Peniongo from Echuca, Victoria. He woke up, had breakfast, said goodbye to his mother Regina Rose and waited for the school bus. WATCH MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE VIDEO ABOVE Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “He didn’t … Read more
Pregnant women and some babies, not all, will have access to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation in South Australia next year. But the state opposition has called for broader access to the scheme, given the growing rates of children being admitted to hospital with infection. RSV is a common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among … Read more
Katie Illingworth rang in the new year in 2016 with a quiet night surrounded by friends. She woke at 6am on New Year’s Day feeling fresh and ready for what lay ahead. Within minutes, that changed. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “The next thing I knew I woke up on the … Read more
