The Australian Federal Police is investigating the Genea Fertility cyber attack after more sensitive data stolen from the fertility provider was published on the dark web by the group claiming responsibility.
Hannah Cross
Children exposed to their mother’s cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioural problems, new Curtin University research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has fronted her first presser with Albany candidate Dr Tom Brough to spruik an election commitment, but it was quickly overshadowed by comments on abortion laws from Dr Brough.
Georgia Campion
Medibank customers will receive cash back as part of the insurer’s commitment not to profit from the Covid pandemic.
Emma Kirk
Amber-Jade Sanderson has remained silent over the death of a Perth father as he waited for an ambulance, instead spending the day campaigning as Roger Cook declared ‘no health system is perfect’.
Jessica Page and Jake Dietsch
Ambulance delays have been linked to a Perth father’s death, it can be revealed, as paramedics warn that WA’s ramping crisis is putting lives at risk.
Jessica Page
Research examining breast cancer incidents and deaths across 185 countries shows Australia has one of the highest rates of diagnoses across the globe.
Artemisia Blythe
The biotech says its potentially life-saving drug is drawing increasing interest from major pharmaceutical companies in China, where stroke is now the leading cause of death.
Cheyanne Enciso
A majority of West Australians with suspected lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the State, are waiting close to two months to begin lifesaving treatments.
The annual WA Rural Health Long Service Awards celebrated rural doctors who had worked as general practitioners for more than 20 years in rural WA, including three Great Southern doctors.
Jacki Elezovich
A case of Murray Valley encephalitis has been confirmed in Karratha, prompting renewed health warnings about mosquito-borne diseases in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions.
Katya Minns
The 2025 WA Rural Health Excellence Awards will take place on March 22, with multiple South West doctors and specialists securing finalist spots.
Sofia Fimognari
WA biotech PYC Therapeutics is tapping shareholders for up to $146 million to fund the development of its four drug candidates.
There has been significant discussion during the State election campaign about the role of GPs and how we fit into the broader health system.
Andrew Leech
A West Perth company developing artificial intelligence to diagnose heart disease has raised $15 million to pursue the United States market.
Matt Mckenzie
The owner of 11 Healthscope hospitals says it has been approached by parties — including a consortium led by David Di Pilla — interested in taking over the facilities from US private equity giant Brookfield.
Medtech company Cochlear says sales of services related to its hearing implant have declined as fewer patients, particularly in the US, upgrade their devices due to cost-of-living pressures.
The nation’s second-biggest private hospital operator, Healthscope, has tapped former Qantas international boss Tino La Spina to take on the top job amid its $1.6 billion debt pain.
Chemist Warehouse franchisees have catapulted into millionaire status after cashing in hundreds of millions of dollars in shares as the pharmacy juggernaut made its long-awaited ASX debut.
Sean Smith
The campaign was launched in 2000, when nearly one in four WA adults smoked cigarettes and people still smoked in bars, nightclubs, playgrounds and cars carrying children.
Low immunisation rates in the US have dented first-half sales for CSL’s flu vaccine business, but the biotech giant says it’s on track to deliver double-digit earnings growth this year.
A flurry of plans for future upgrades of Perth hospitals will not erase voters’ memories of the past eight years, when ambulance ramping exploded, wait times and wait lists blew out.
Roger Cook’s past could haunt him this week, as Labor’s focus on the State election campaign trail switches to health and a hospital crisis that has gotten worse under his watch.
Fly-in fly-out workers are fast-becoming one of the largest patient groups at West Australian fertility clinics as demanding swings cause couples to miss their chances at conceiving naturally.
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