Search
thewest.com.au
NewsChevron Right Icon

Health

COVID vaccineCommentsPremiumHotel quarantine workers forced to receive jab

Hotel quarantine workers will be forced to get the COVID jab from May 10 under a new Public Health Order announced today by Health Minister Roger Cook.

Briana Fiore

See the picturesCommentsPremium‘You have no idea what this means’

Tears of joy, squeals of ‘nanna!’ and embraces transformed the arrivals hall at Perth Airport this afternoon, as loved ones locked eyes and exchanged hugs for the first time in more than a year.

Sarah Steger

Locked inCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Ben Wyatt’s first post-politics role

Ben Wyatt is following in the footsteps of another high-profile former WA politician in his first gig post-politics, after joining the board of a ‘household name’.

Peter Law

COVID scareCommentsSecond PPE breach at Royal Perth Hospital

A full review is underway after the breach involving a COVID-19 patient at Royal Perth Hospital.

Briana Fiore

HealthCombustible cladding to be removed in NSW

Four years after a high-rise residential tower in London was engulfed in flames a decision has been made to remove combustible cladding in 214 NSW buildings.

Tiffanie Turnbull

HealthScreening to cut premature births in SA

A new screening program is being introduced in South Australia in a bid to reduce the number of premature births.

Tim Dornin

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
REVEALEDPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Staggering amount of antidepressants given to WA kids

Remarkably antidepressants were also prescribed to WA children aged five and under on hundreds of occasions last year, despite a lack of evidence they work for young children.

Angela Pownall

HealthWalk-in vaccination for Victorians over 70

People aged over 70 will be able to get vaccinated at Victorian vaccine hubs without an appointment from Wednesday as the state ramps up its rollout.

Hannah Ryan

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
No certaintyCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

Devastating funeralVideoCommentsPremium‘Nothing more tragic’: Heartache at Aishwarya farewell

The devastated family and friends of Aishwarya Aswath, who died at Perth Children’s Hospital after a two-hour wait in emergency, today remembered the seven-year-old as ‘kind, gentle and caring’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Transmission fearsVideoVirus ‘jumped’ between hotel rooms

NSW Health has raised concerns COVID-19 may have jumped between neighbouring rooms in hotel quarantine, after seven cases from different countries in adjacent rooms had the same sequence.

Hannah Ryan

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Patients lose outCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors hate working at Bunbury Hospital

Four out of five doctors at Bunbury Hospital say the bad culture at the issue-plagued facility had a negative impact on service delivery to patients.

Briana Fiore

Clot deathVideoWoman who died after jab named

The identity of the NSW woman who died with blood clots days after her AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination has been revealed.

AAP and staff writers

HealthVirus risk trumps those of vaccine: study

A new Oxford University study has found the risk of blood clots posed by a COVID-19 infection is eight times that of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Tiffanie Turnbull

HealthQld pauses Torres Strait vaccine rollout

Queensland will pause it's vaccination program in the Torres Strait opting for community consultation before resuming the program in mid-May.

Fraser Barton

Don’t panicVideoPM urges calm as woman dies after getting COVID jab

Authorities continue to investigate the death of a NSW woman who developed blood clots after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, but have urged calm.

AAP

Another ‘crisis’CommentsPremiumRPH turns away intensive care patients for 12 hours

Royal Perth Hospital is in the midst of another ‘crisis’ — turning away new critically ill patients from its intensive care unit for more than 12 hours.

Michael Traill

HealthNSW woman dies of blood clots after jab

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says authorities are still investigating the death of a NSW woman who developed blood clots after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Tiffanie Turnbull and Michael Ramsey

HealthJune start for more SA vaccine centres

The South Australian government is planning to open two more mass vaccination clinics for COVID-19 by early June.

Tim Dornin

opinion
opinion
New prescriptionCommentsPremium
opinion
Five ways to fix Australia’s faltering vaccine rollout

This is what a growing chorus of medicos say the nation needs ASAP.

Peter Law

Peter LawState Political Editor

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Mother’s griefCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Mum says hospital ignored unborn baby’s lethal disorder

A Canning Vale mother is seeking answers after repeatedly being told by staff at Fiona Stanley Hospital that her unborn baby was “healthy” all along.

Briana Fiore

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Sad dose of realityCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Four-year high in hospital deaths due to clinical error

Clinical mishaps were linked to the deaths of 142 people in WA’s health system last financial year, the equal highest on record.

Peter Law

HealthCocaine-induced deaths double in Australia

Deaths involving stimulants such as amphetamines and cocaine have risen in Australia, new research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows.

Nick Gibbs

Disaster recoveryCommentsPremiumThe hidden threat in wake of Cyclone Seroja devastation

The force in which Cyclone Seroja ravaged WA’s Mid West was swift and brutal. But a more insidious and deadly threat lies in the rubble and debris left in the aftermath.

Sarah Steger and John Flint

Regional Network

Albany Advertiser (incl. The Extra)
Augusta-Margaret River Times
Broome Advertiser
Bunbury Herald
Busselton-Dunsborough Times
Countryman
Geraldton Guardian
Great Southern Herald
Harvey Waroona Reporter
Kalgoorlie Miner
The Kimberley Echo
Manjimup Bridgetown Times
Midwest Times
Narrogin Observer
North West Telegraph
Pilbara News
South Western Times
Sound Telegraph

Contact Us

Broome Advertiser

27-29 Dampier Terrace, ChinatownBroome WA 6725Tel (08) 9191 9700Messenger IconSend us a message
Share to FacebookEmail Us