A senior doctor at one of WA’s biggest hospitals says the lack of beds and worsening ambulance ramping is costing lives from preventable deaths.
Charlton Hart
A grandmother is one of many success stories to come out of Perth’s Linear Clinical Research Trial Centre — which opened a new facility that is being recognised as ‘one of the most advanced in the world’.
Caitlin Vinci
Following months of talks, a state's nurses and midwives are set to become the nation's highest paid after agreeing on a new wage deal.
Fraser Barton and Laine Clark
British pop star Jessie J has been forced to cancel upcoming concert dates, telling fans in a new video that she feels ‘frustrated and sad’ as she battles breast cancer.
Kimberley Braddish
A girl killed in a horror school bus rollover in Victoria has been remembered for her “vibrancy” and “infectious personality”.
Andrew Hedgman
Australian parents have expressed their frustration after online retailer iHerb suspended sales of melatonin into Australia.
Rhianna Mitchell
Autistic brains may solve mental problems just as well as neurotypical brains, but use different neural pathways, according to a UK study.
Storm Newton
Global online retailer iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin into Australia after The West Australian revealed hundreds of children were overdosing on the supplements.
A plan to deal with this year’s winter surge - which has been blamed for causing havoc on the State’s hospital system - was only finalised three days before winter started, it has been revealed.
Jessica Page
Roger Cook was ambushed with a $1 billion plea from aged care providers on Wednesday, after returning from meetings in Canberra without a firm commitment.
West Australians are being urged to check their vaccination status ahead of the school holidays after three more measles cases were confirmed in returned travellers to Perth from Bali. SEE THE EXPOSURE SITES.
Hannah Cross
Roughly one in 100 Australians are living with an increased risk of developing cancer — and some might don’t even know it.
New analysis has laid bare the financial and emotional strain allergic disease causes its sufferers.
Swimming sensation Shayna Jack is determined to help make a difference as the face of a national men’s health campaign in honour of her dad.
Some country towns are being forced to fundraise for their own community-led medical centres, while those in the cities get double the healthcare funding.
Stephanie Gardiner
Perth’s Lions Eye Institute is set to be transformed by a massive $14.1 million redevelopment that will allow it to treat significantly more patients.
A two-year-old boy is fighting for life after being struck by a van at a pedestrian crossing while crossing the road on a balance bike.
Elodie Jakes
Reforms to rein in the NDIS were difficult but needed to be done, the prime minister says, despite concerns over changes for children with autism.
Sam McKeith and Kat Wong
Hundreds of children are accidentally overdosing on melatonin, with calls to WA’s poisons hotline relating to the popular sleep-inducing medicine increasing by 166 per cent in five years.
Genetic tests on embryos could help reduce the "emotional toll" of repeated IVF cycles by slashing the risk of unsuccessful implantation, researchers suggest.
Cases of potentially fatal whooping cough are soaring across Perth reaching seven-year highs that experts say are ‘tip of the iceberg.’
Jay Hanna
Two people have died and a third has been rushed to hospital after a speeding car veered into oncoming traffic.
Thomas Henry
WA Premier Roger Cook will meet with Anthony Albanese on Tuesday, putting the case for more aged care funding to free up badly needed public hospital beds.
Joe Spagnolo
West Australians had less spent on their health per person by the WA Government last year than eight years ago, despite a big lift in funding over the past four years.
John Flint and Hannah Cross
