A rare, soil-borne disease has killed dozens of people after record rain and flooding, prompting a warning from one woman who lost her husband to the illness.
Savannah Meacham
A Lancelin local has been crowned WA’s Young Volunteer of the Year for her inspiring and passionate work as a St John Ambulance vollie.
Sarah Steger
WA Health has demanded an explanation from Ramsay Health Care after an apparent conflict of interest between its chief executive and the specialist emergency doctor appointed to review Joondalup Health Campus.
Hannah Cross
Australian families are making big money from posting their children on social media - but at what cost?
Katie Hampson
Kate Holliday studied nursing in Australia before launching an international career and establishing a not-for-profit centre, earning her global acclaim.
Marc De Paoli
Fitzroy Crossing residents undergoing dialysis treatment are set to benefit from construction now under way of an $8.6 million expansion of the town’s Renal Health Centre.
Natasha Clark
WA’s planned Women’s and Babies Hospital has been thrown into disarray by the spectacular collapse of the builder handpicked by the State Government to deliver the politically sensitive project.
Dylan Caporn and Ben Harvey
Abortion access will improve under changes allowing nurses and midwives to prescribe drugs but other barriers remain for women in rural and regional areas.
Jack Gramenz
Spouses and partners are perpetrators in half the assaults that land women in hospitals across Australia, while homicides have increased in the past five years.
Stephanie Gardiner
Doctors are in open revolt against the State Government’s new gun laws, refusing to conduct the health assessments people need to get a firearm licence.
Ben Harvey
Working long hours at the office may change parts of the brain associated with memory and problem solving, new research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Rebecca's son knew he was transgender at age 12, but his long and difficult journey to transitioning was abruptly halted when a state government intervened.
A suite of resources about genetic conditions, testing and genomics research aims to fulfil a need for culturally grounded information for families.
Keira Jenkins
Bindi Irwin has shared a shocking health update after she was rushed to a New York hospital for emergency surgery before surgeons found 14 lesions.
Amy Lee
Researchers hope diagnostic guidelines will help to reduce stigma and improve diagnosis and services for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
The tenth annual Mother’s Day Classic was held on Sunday morning to raise money for breast and ovarian cancer.
Sofia Fimognari
Records that were broken during COVID should be the exception, not the new standard.
Jessica Page
Researchers compared two popular weight-loss injections and found that while both helped people lose kilos, one turned out to be more effective.
Jane Kirby and Harry Stedman
A crack team of specialists has been installed at Royal Perth Hospital to proactively manage patient aggression and support staff, in a WA-first which will be rolled out at other hospitals.
Rhianna Mitchell
A new CT scanner at an Indigenous-owned medical imaging service has become a symbol of hope, healing and culture for one regional community.
Chris Harrison credits a heart attack with saving his life as the Heart Foundation urges Australians to undergo a simple health check.
Katelyn Catanzariti
People juggling mental ill-health and weight loss can safely use Ozempic and its equivalents without negative impacts on any existing medication, research has found.
The dentist at the centre of a scandal involving 132 dumped and desperate patients had been ordered to undertake education by the industry regulator in 2021 following complaints about his work.
John Flint
An unwelcome silence has befallen suburbs and towns across WA as a deadly syndrome threatens to wipe out local magpies and strip streets of their iconic song.
Jay Hanna
