The young Australian has been receiving treatment for a rare childhood cancer through a drug trial in the United States.
Sowaibah Hanifie
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson will personally request a coronial inquest into the death of Sandipan Dhar.
Jake Dietsch
Parts of the Australian health system could come to a halt with surgeries cancelled due to a shortage of a critical hospital medicine, a top doctor warns.
Rachael Ward
A global shortage of crucial blood culture bottles threatening patient care has forced the Cook Government to buy emergency back-up supplies for WA, while hospitals brace for possible IV fluid shortages.
Bethany Hiatt
More than 50 people from Albany’s health and education industries walked off the job on Thursday to protest the State Government's proposed pay rise in light of “catastrophic” cost of living pressures.
Melissa Sheil
Patients could bypass GPs and be treated by pharmacists for some conditions under a proposed overhaul which has raised the ire of doctors.
(A)manda Parkinson
Australia's biggest Schoolies event will make pill testing available for the first time but an opposition party has vowed to scrap the plan if elected.
Savannah Meacham
A union representing ambulance workers stood down over serious misconduct claims has blamed a leak on "desperate" leaders within the Victorian agency.
Callum Godde
A bid to stretch resources has resulted in aged care food staff being re-classified as personal care workers as four in 10 residents remain malnourished.
Rachael Ward and Holly Hales
Medical-grade technology could outpace GP and hospital visits for aged-care residents, experts say, as the use ‘telehealth carts’ are lauded at a Perth facility.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
An 83-year-old battling mesothelioma has spent 24 hours parked in a hospital corridor because there were no rooms available.
The devastated father of toddler Sandipan Dhar, who died two days after being refused a blood test at Joondalup Health Campus, says he will take legal action if his son’s death is not investigated further.
Claire Sadler
University of WA Professor Robin Warren, who was jointly awarded a Nobel Prize for research into stomach ulcers, has died, age 87.
Dylan Caporn
Australians are having less babies and the fertility plunge is being blamed on high housing costs with analysis showing parents are being pushed to the fringes.
Experts warn of health risks from drinking highly caffeinated beverages with hundreds seized from retail shelves in a crackdown on so-called energy drinks.
Abe Maddison
Australia’s leading dietitians group has labelled WA’s use of body mass index for school health checks as ‘unhelpful’ after a Perth mum complained when her four-year-old son was weighed at kindy.
A Perth mum has vented her anger at being told her healthy four-year-old was overweight after being put on the scales at kindy.
New research has revealed at least 46,000 Australian welders could be exposed to high levels of dangerous, potentially cancer-causing fumes at work and little is being done to protect them.
An award-winning inventor has designed a helmet in a South Fremantle backyard workshop that he hopes can substantially reduce concussion in contact sports.
Glen Quartermain
Welders could develop serious health problems due to the inhalation of dangerous fumes, a study shows, but an industry body says it's managing the issue.
Caitlin Powell
The New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells is leaving while shining a light on the health concerns that face many food critics.
Dee-Ann Durbin
Rose had previously been ‘fit and healthy’ before she collapsed at home.
Ed Chatterton
Seleen McAlister was 11 when her mother received a liver transplant. Decades later, the Australian country music singer is waiting for her own life-saving gift.
Katelyn Catanzariti