Resignations puts private mental health care in play
Dozens of public health specialist resignations remain in play as data outlines how few have rescinded their threat to quit the system.
Dozens of public health specialist resignations remain in play as data outlines how few have rescinded their threat to quit the system.
Pope Francis remains in a Rome hospital receiving treatment for a respiratory tract infection.
Pope Francis' respiratory tract infection is presenting a "complex clinical picture", the Vatican says, and will require further time in hospital.
Medics at a northern Gaza hospital are scrambling to rescue patients following an order from Israel to close down the facility.
The director of one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals has been detained by Israeli forces, Palestinian officials say, after troops stormed the facility.
A newborn baby is dead and infections are surging as health authorities scramble to contain a worsening national whooping cough epidemic.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones following her death from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.
A major private hospital operator and multiple insurers have been urged to negotiate as contracts are torn up, likely to result in patients paying more.
Refugee mothers suffer pregnancy issues compared to Australian-born women but a specialist midwifery service is easing labour pains and giving peace of mind.
A Brisbane man had no idea he had a two kilo ticking time bomb lurking in his liver until a routine doctor's appointment found something was seriously wrong.
Palestinian medical officials say the latest Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children.
More than a third of midwives around the nation are considering quitting the profession and graduate numbers need to be boosted, a survey has found.
Queensland's premier has had a bump in the polls a week out from the state election as he issues a personal apology on the campaign trail.
All-electric hospitals could cut emissions by using clean energy under a proposed retrofit that would also keep services on during power cuts and catastrophes.
An expert says concerns were raised with the Queensland government well before a review found inadequate staffing contributed to deaths at a mental health unit.
A new hospital hotline will be rolled out in Victoria allowing concerned families to escalate care if a patient's health worsens while in hospital.
Australia's health system could come to a "grinding halt" within days if a shortage of intravenous fluid isn't addressed, a leading doctor has warned.
A pediatrician says he believed a two-year-old girl was "getting better" before her death and a late course of antibiotics may not have saved her life.
A deadly strike on a Ukrainian children's hospital was likely a direct hit from a Russian missile, the UN says, as the country mourns and donations pour in.
Artificial intelligence is set to used to help with medical scans by a Queensland public hospital in what has been hailed as an Australian first.
GHB presentations to emergency departments in southeast Queensland have increased by a staggering four-fold in the past two years.
Queensland has recorded 10 cases of monkeypox but they are not linked to a cluster found in a southern state.
Forty-three patients injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit deadly turbulence are being treated in three hospitals in Bangkok.
Multiple deaths at a Brisbane hospital have sparked an independent review, with Queensland's public mental health services under fire.
A pre-surgery anxiety clinic in Brisbane has been working to calm worried children before they undergo medical tests or procedures.
Patient safety could have been compromised when hospital workers posed as patients in a waiting room and ambulance during a ministerial visit, a probe found.
Expectant mums in Queensland's far north have been forced to travel more than 800km to the nearest birthing suite for more than two decades.
Health officials are pleading with locals to stop bringing deadly snakes to hospital after several bite victims arrived with the reptile responsible.
A new drug is undergoing trials in hospitals across Australia with hopes it will be used by first responders to slow brain injury during the onset of a stroke.
Queensland's health minister says it is concerning whistleblowers are allegedly facing reprisal for speaking out about patient care at a tuberculosis unit.
An independent review of sexual assault and harassment policies in Queensland hospitals will be launched amid concerns about workplace culture.