Roger Cook has refused to apologise over record ambulance ramping which is seven times worse than when he promised a decade ago that Labor would fix the problem.
Jessica Page
The Albanese Government says it has had a win in the fight to tackle vaping amongst school students while also urging WA to step up its fight against illegal suppliers.
Charlton Hart
Almost a third of staff in WA’s public health system plan to leave their jobs in the next 12 months, an alarming workforce survey has revealed.
Hannah Cross
A Perth toddler has become the sixth person to die from influenza this year amid a horrific flu season gripping WA.
Having gonorrhoea during pregnancy almost doubles the risk of stillbirth, new research has found.
Children are often diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes once they become unwell but a first-of-its-kind clinic is working to change this by offering support to families with kids with early stages of the disease.
Claire Sadler
Public health advice has been lifted more than two weeks after a sewerage main burst contaminated the Upper Swan River with a torrent of wastewater.
Rates of vaping among young people have started to drop for the first time in signs tighter government regulation is turning the tide.
Crown Casino and Perth Airport are among the new exposure sites.
The WA Department of Health has sent an urgent reminder to medical staff to make sure they’re giving patients the right RSV immunisation after receiving reports of some being given the wrong type.
Labor has refused to put a firm date on when Perth’s far north can expect a dedicated hospital, saying planning was still underway.
Dylan Caporn
More Australians living with rarer types of cystic fibrosis will be able to access treatment for the first time when expanded rules to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme kick in next week.
WA Health said an adult was diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B and is recovering in hospital on Tuesday.
The Cook Government’s budget contains just $10 million to revamp emergency departments at RPH and Midland Hospital, prompting fears the projects won’t be delivered for years.
Joe Spagnolo
A world-first drug being developed in WA to cure atherosclerosis could put a major dent in the annual $14.3 billion cost of cardiovascular disease in Australia.
Hollywood Private Hospital has put its heart on its sleeve over its ambitions to become the leading cardiovascular centre in Perth.
Michael Palmer
The South West’s first-ever children’s respiratory specialist clinic opening its doors in Australind this week thanks to Telethon funding.
Craig Duncan
WA is in the grips of a horror flu season with the number of people in hospital with the virus more than double compared to the same time last year, as experts warn the worst is yet to come.
Nearly one in four Australian teenagers are reporting high mental distress by the time they’re in Year 10, new research suggests.
Health Minister Meredith Hammat was forced to reject calls the Government wasn’t able to focus on more than one hospital at a time saying they had an ‘ambitious agenda’.
Australia’s medical watchdog has taken the unprecedented step to name a suspended Perth dentist, who they believe is continuing to work while unregistered.
People who walk for more than 100 minutes a day reduce their risk of chronic low back pain by almost a quarter, new research suggests.
A sunscreen stoush is unfolding after a consumer report testing sunscreens found 80 per cent of those marked SPF 50 were under the threshold, with several manufacturers disputing the claims.
The variant is behind surging infections in parts of Asia, with the World Health Organisation reporting it is spreading faster than other circulating strains.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Ben O'Shea
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