A WA Health bureaucrat has been promoting health and wellness products to her 44,000 social media followers, prompting a review by the department.
Caleb Runciman
Lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell restaurants in five US states is being blamed for a widespread run of cyclospora infections.
Bill Barrow
New WA research suggests a simple dietary intervention during pregnancy could help protect babies against food allergies associated with antibiotics taken before birth.
Claire Sadler
A new immunotherapy treatment trial is available for children with early stages of type 1 diabetes for the first time in Australia, providing the potential to change the course of their disease progression.
MS patients have avoided paying tens of thousands of dollars for treatment, with the government keeping key multiple sclerosis treatments on the PBS.
Robyn Wuth
The number of Australians smoking daily has more than halved in two decades, but experts fear illicit nicotine users are consuming more of it.
Eleanor Wilson and Nick Wilson
A West Australian led study has made a breakthrough in understanding why people develop diabetes.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Health teams in the Great Southern are working hard to manage the spread of whooping cough in the region, responding to a worrying uptick in cases.
Jacki Elezovich
Paper records, workforce shortages and distance are among the many barriers stopping Australian children getting crucial checks in the first five years of life.
Stephanie Gardiner
Ben Farrell was just five months old when he suddenly turned ‘white as a ghost’ and became gravely ill.
As we enter the middle of winter, West Australians are being warned to brace for respiratory syncytial virus with fears cases could outnumber the record amount of infections in 2025.
After months of appointments, hospital stays and procedures, an Albany seven-year-old had a smile you couldn’t wipe away last week when he was selected to run out with his favourite AFL team at Optus Stadium.
Melissa Sheil
Sleeping in has its advantages but research suggests night owls might suffer poorer metabolic health as a result of when, not what, they eat.
Nick Wilson
Birth injuries are costing Australia $17.5 billion per year with more than one million mothers suffering ongoing physical and psychological conditions.
Emily Woods
The most detailed analysis of how cancer affects Australians shows mortality rates are improving for some patients, including First Nations people.
Australian pharmacies should be subjected to a host of reforms, a report suggests, including removing restrictions on where they can be built to improve access.
Ethan James
Regenerative medicine manufacturer Orthocell has booked its best revenue results on the back of rising adoption of its flagship product, a collagen wrap used in nerve repair.
Rebecca Le May
After a life where he made skin cancer largely beatable and greatly accelerated brain cancer research, an Australian of the Year winner has been farewelled.
Alex Mitchell
Alarming vision of a security guard appearing to use a choke-hold and forcibly restrain a hospital patient has surfaced.
Cain Andrews
A minimally invasive brain surgery to control seizures has been performed in the southern hemisphere for the first time right here in WA.
In an online world overrun by trendy beauty and fitness influencers, Lucy Woods is offering something totally different, yet invaluable, to social media.
Brooke Rolfe
Rory Hoffman has beaten the odds since he was born and is once again in the fight of his life as he needs a kidney transplant to survive.
Experts fear native species could be devastated by a deadly bird flu strain after it was discovered in a wild non-migratory species for the first time.
Culturally tailored midwifery is helping close the gap between health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous babies, with almost half born healthier.
