Cases of whooping cough are surging almost 500 per cent in parts of Australia. The national regulator flagged shortages of medicine to treat the disease a year ago. The shortfall is likely to extend to at least the end of June, but alternative antibiotics are available. Waning vaccination rates haveContinue Reading
Claudia Gill was only 18 when she came within hours of death as meningococcal attacked her body. Two years on, the university student is warning everyone to beware of the symptoms. After coming home from an extended holiday in Queensland, the New South Wales woman was struck with fatigue, herContinue Reading
A man is dead and two others are in hospital after they were struck with a deadly disease that kills between five and 10 per cent of people who contract it. WA Health has confirmed the three men were diagnosed with meningococcal disease, an uncommon but life-threatening bacterial infection ofContinue Reading
A British beautician has tragically died after undergoing a boob job in Spain. Donna Butterfield, 30, from Wrexham in north Wales, had a breast enlargement performed several years ago but had returned to have an imbalance corrected, costing her $11,650, according to her relatives. She flew back to Majorca, inContinue Reading
A Queensland man has been awarded more than $2 million in compensation after a hospital’s botched treatment left him with severe brain damage and shortened life expectancy. The man, who worked as an artist at major advertising firms in New York for much of his life before moving to AustraliaContinue Reading
The heartbreaking final moments of a teenage girl who was on the “trip of a lifetime” to see her idol Taylor Swift have been revealed. Mieka Pokarier was on a dream road trip from the Gold Coast to Melbourne with her little sister Freya, 10, and their mum Kim Litchfield,Continue Reading
A mum who was left unable to walk or talk after she was crushed by a massive tree has told of how she’s learning to live again. Caroline Leafe, 70, and her husband Ken were on a leisurely stroll with dog Monty while on holiday in East Sussex in theContinue Reading
A woman has revealed she was deemed dead for 24 minutes before being brought back to life thanks to husband’s CPR skills. Lauren Canaday, 39, from the US, had suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, resulting in the blood flow being cut off from her body and her breathing stopping asContinue Reading
A mum’s life was saved when her husband woke up to find her dead on Boxing Day morning. Jenna Good, 32, had suffered a cardiac arrest and her heart stopped for at least 14 minutes while her husband, Russ, performed CPR. After a full day of enjoying their first ChristmasContinue Reading
A deadly mosquito-borne disease that kills about one in five of those who catch it is rising across Australia. State health agencies from Queensland to Western Australia have recorded a troubling uptick in Murray River encephalitis cases, a rare but dangerous illness that can kill or lead to permanent neurologicalContinue Reading