Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Health

5 July 2024

  • Pippa Mae White

    Pippa White’s parents vow their daughter’s death ‘will not be for nothing’ while still waiting for answers

    Brock and Annah White believe their two-year-old’s death from sepsis at a regional NSW hospital was ‘totally avoidable’
  • Signage outside St Vincent's private hospital in Melbourne

    What it means for patients if St Vincent’s and NIB fail to reach a funding deal

    The hospital network says it will walk away from its contract with the private health insurer in three months if a fairer agreement can’t be reached. Has this situation happened before?
  • Peter Dutton during the announcement of Australia’s Paralympic Team for the Paris games on Tuesday.

    Australia news live
    Dutton says ‘Australia can learn’ from new British PM’s nuclear stance – as it happened

    This blog is now closed.

4 July 2024

  • General view of signage on the exterior of the St Vincent's Private Hospital in Melbourne

    Thousands of patients facing healthcare price hikes after negotiations break down between St Vincent’s and NIB

    Australian Medical Association is urging both parties to reach an agreement for the sake of patients
  • Fatima Payman on Thursday announced she would quit the Labor party but continue to sit in the Senate as an independent.

    Australia news live
    Senator says PM’s office planted seed about crossing floor – as it happened

    This blog is now closed.

    • Woman who performed fatal illegal breast augmentation in Sydney to spend at least 30 more months behind bars

    • Two-year-old’s sepsis death in hospital was ‘totally avoidable’, grieving parents tell NSW inquest

    • Does Australia need a sugar tax to tackle diabetes, and how would it work?

3 July 2024

  • Pippa Mae White and family.

    Pippa White would ‘almost certainly’ have survived had she been given antibiotics in time, NSW inquest hears

    Two-year-old’s sepsis death would likely have been prevented if necessary treatment had occurred 12-18 hours earlier, doctor tells coronial inquest

2 July 2024

  • Gloved hand holding a frozen vial taken from a tray

    Mass purge of frozen sperm donations ordered as Queensland audit exposes misidentification risk

    Health ombudsman says ‘thousands’ of sperm samples at fertility clinics are at risk of potentially devastating identification mix-ups
  • Ranjana Srivastava

    As my patient was dying, this is how we failed her

    Ranjana Srivastava
    Most patients wish to die at home, but end-of-life care isn’t straightforward. Honouring their wishes requires commitment and coordination

    • Emotional doctor admits oversights before two-year-old’s death at regional NSW hospital

    • Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
      Shorten says senator’s suspension gives all parties time to ‘work out what’s important’ – as it happened

    • Opioid-laced cocaine 100 times more potent than heroin sparks Victorian health warning

1 July 2024

  • Close up of a woman's naked neck with her head turned away.

    Risk of serious injury as strangling during sex becomes normalised among young Australians

  • Lady Justice

    Melbourne woman spends much of past nine years in seclusion after being found not guilty of assault due to mental impairment

  • Vaping products stand on a vape store counter

    Shock, out of stock and secret supplies: what we found when we tried to buy vapes in Australia

  • Pippa Mae White

    Two-year-old Pippa’s sepsis death in regional NSW left her family ‘completely shattered’. Was it preventable?

June 2024

  • Man vaping beside no smoking sign

    The sale of vapes outside pharmacies has been banned across Australia – here’s what you need to know

  • Jordan (not her real name) made a complaint to the medical regulator after jaw surgery under the care of Dr George Dimitroulis

    Melbourne jaw surgeon may face legal action from second patient alleging negligence

About 7,823 results for Health
1234...
Explore more on these topics