Tag: Health
Action group aims to keep Mt Isa residents 'lead safe'
An alliance formed to deal with high lead levels in Mt Isa in Queensland's north-west says it hopes to encourage the community to be more lead safe.[MORE]
Tennant Creek parents put on whooping cough alert
Northern Territory health authorities are warning parents in the Tennant Creek region of an increased risk of whooping cough.[MORE]
Redland hospital gets first bite at Federal health funding
Queensland's Health Minister Stephen Robertson says improvements at the Redland Hospital on Brisbane's bayside will be the first to be funded under the new Australian Health Care Agreement. [MORE]
Federal health funding welcome but more preferred: Gallagher
The ACT Government says the $10 million funding boost it has received from the Federal Government is useful but it would have liked more.[MORE]
Mixed response to Victoria's IVF law changes
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Lesbian couples and single women will soon be able to have babies using IVF treatment in Victoria.[MORE]
Libs slam ACT health plans
The Canberra Liberals have criticised the Government for not doing enough to attract more GPs to Canberra. [MORE]
Dramatic drop in measles deaths: WHO
The World Health Organisation says there has been a dramatic drop in the number of people dying of measles. [MORE]
Roxon announces hospital funding breakdown
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has announced the breakdown for $750 million to improve emergency hospital departments across the country.[MORE]
Opposition queries surgery summer break
The NSW Government and Opposition are at odds over a summer holiday for elective surgery.[MORE]
Brumby proud of conscience votes
The Victorian Premier, John Brumby has thanked all Members of Parliament for their conduct during the recent passage of two contentious social reform bills.[MORE]
Della Bosca accepts rescue board's ruling
The NSW Health Minister returns rescue responsiblities to the Fire Brigade, reversing a decision by a previous minister.[MORE]
Ambulance operators win pay deal: union
The United Services Union says the New South Wales Government has agreed to demands by ambulance phone operators for an annual 3.9 per cent pay rise over three years.[MORE]
Donors' blood boils over NSW charges
The Red Cross says donors are angry about NSW plans to charge private hospitals for blood deliveries.[MORE]
Mt Isa awaits further blood-lead test results
Further blood test results on children with elevated levels of lead will be released today in Mount Isa.[MORE]
Controversial IVF bill passes through Vic Upper House
The legislation broadening access to IVF has passed the Upper House by a two vote margin.[MORE]
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak declared national emergency
Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak which has claimed 565 lives a national emergency and appealed for international aid to tackle the epidemic, the state-run Herald daily said.[MORE]
Liberal MPs urge IVF bill re-write
Some Victorian Liberal MPs are urging the State Government to rewrite its contentious in vitro fertilisation (IVF) bill.[MORE]
ACT needs greater share of health funding: Gallagher
The ACT Government will argue for greater than its share of funding for emergency departments when state and territory health ministers meet tomorrow.[MORE]
Trachoma still a problem for Indigenous Australians: expert
A leading infectious cause of blindness, trachoma, is still widespread in Australian Indigenous communities, despite it being a curable disease that has practically disappeared worldwide.[MORE]
Cancer council welcomes new ad campaign
The Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) has praised a new $2 million TV advertising campaign warning about the dangers of sun tanning.[MORE]
Lead clean-up funding amount still to be announced
The firm at the centre of the Esperance lead contamination scandal is still to announce how much money it will commit to the cost of cleaning up the town.[MORE]
Parents 'disgusted' at nickel export decision
Esperance parents, whose children were contaminated in last year's lead scandal, have expressed disgust at the Premier's decision to continue the bulk export of nickel through the town's port.[MORE]
Questions raised over mental patient transfers
Concerns have been raised about the New South Wales Ambulance Service taking over responsibility for transferring disturbed and mentally ill people between hospitals from the state's police.[MORE]
School leaver sparks Meningococcal alert
School leavers who celebrated in Dunsborough last week are being advised to monitor their health, after a female student contracted meningococcal disease.[MORE]
Camden pauses post-natal care
The New South Wales Opposition says cost-cutting not staff shortages is behind the extended closure of Camden Hospital's postnatal care unit.[MORE]
