A health alert has been issued for travellers who passed through Sydney Airport and Adelaide Airport last week. A person infected with measles flew from Dubai to Sydney with Emirates on Tuesday and then on to Adelaide with Qantas. Measles is a highly contagious disease, which can spread when anContinue Reading
A model has shared how she was “minutes away from death” after using a tampon. Los Angeles model Lauren Wasser revealed that she lost both of her legs and almost died simply from using a tampon. The 36-year-old spoke about her harrowing experience to Australian podcast hosts and ex-reality starsContinue Reading
The Sydney Children’s Hospital and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre has reached a major milestone, with construction of the new 12-storey building reaching its highest point. Honouring a long-held construction tradition a native water gum tree, which is native to the area, was lifted onto the roof of the newContinue Reading
A doctor has revealed the intense scenes that played out inside a Sydney hospital in the hours following the stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction. Surgeon Dr Anthony Chambers was one of about 100 staff members at St Vincent’s Hospital, in Darlinghurst, who worked tirelessly to treat people left injuredContinue Reading
A furniture removalist has been charged with murder after allegedly punching and choking an elderly woman in the emergency department of a Sydney hospital. Russel Lea man Richard Po Lun Lim was arrested after allegedly assaulting multiple people just before 3am at Bankstown Hospital on January 4. Police allege theContinue Reading
Sydney residents have been put on alert for signs and symptoms of measles after a positive case was detected in a child. People who attended Blacktown Hospital emergency department from 9.30am to 3pm on Friday, February 23 have been told to be on the lookout for symptoms, such as aContinue Reading
Parents in one state are being warned to be on alert after a returning overseas traveller was diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease measles. NSW Health said the person had recently returned to the Northern Rivers region from Asia, where ongoing measles outbreaks are affecting countries including India and Pakistan.Continue Reading
An ambulance worker is understood to have leaked a photo of a Sydney Harbour shark attack victim onto social media. An investigation was launched into how the photo of Lauren O’Neill’s mauled leg, taken inside the emergency room, was leaked online, NSW Ambulances confirmed. Ms O’Neill, 29, was swimming nearContinue Reading
Shocking footage has captured the moment a man assaulted a teenage boy and his mother outside a McDonald’s in Adelaide. Christopher John Corley, 29, was jailed for more than five years for his brazen daylight robbery and violent assault while high on methamphetamine. Before the attack, which took place onContinue Reading
Health authorities are urging Sydneysiders and Canberrans to be on the lookout for signs of measles after a case was confirmed in an international traveller. The case is an adult who had been returning from India, where measles outbreaks have been occurring in recent weeks. Those who were on AirContinue Reading