‘Children and young people are more commonly exposed.’
Sophie Gannon
Down the rabbit hole: Personality traits and thinking styles are an important factor when people turn to conspiracy theories and misinformation regardless of education.
Tyler Cosgrove
A new study has revealed a big difference between the way moderate drinking alcohol can affect men and women’s heart health, highlighting the need for better-targeted campaigns.
Belinda Hickman
A series of round-table talks will be held to draft the State’s first preventative health strategy, aiming to fulfil Roger Cook’s pledge to make WA the healthiest state in the nation.
Jessica Page
Albany nursing students will no longer have to relocate to Perth to complete their degrees, thanks to the introduction of the University of WA’s new integrated four-year nursing degree.
Jacki Elezovich
Hearing problems can affect a child's ability to listen, learn and build important skills at school, and Indigenous children are at higher risk of ear issues.
Keira Jenkins
Dogs and humans have worked together for millennia, but it is essential to remember the important differences between allies.
Andrew Miller
New figures revealing 35 people are in hospital every day due to tobacco-related illness have been seized on by the Opposition as more proof of the impact of illegal sales going un-checked.
WA dental patients have been exposed to substandard safeguards for two decades because successive governments have failed to enforce the law.
John Flint
The number of patients left out-of-pocket by former Perth dentist David Hurst has soared, with the now-deceased practitioner’s list of total unsecured creditors sitting at 223.
A police officer has been taken to hospital after he was allegedly hit by a van following an alleged home invasion in Sydney’s inner west.
Clareese Packer
Residents in WA’s south are being urged to watch out for European wasps after a large nest was removed last week.
Amy Towers
A woman has died and some communities across NSW faced evacuation as the state was lashed by “very dangerous” thunderstorms.
Phoebe Griffiths, Emma Kirk, Clareese Packer, Pamela Rontziokos
St John WA has admitted it is falling short of its own ‘minimum’ staff levels inside the State’s ambulance control centre, but rejected union claims it’s a ‘serious risk’ to safety.
‘This kind of imagery shows the kind of behaviour that we’re trying to avoid.’
Bethany Hiatt
Visitors, patients and staff at the Great Southern’s largest hospital will no longer be forced to park on the verge now that the $2 million expansion of the facility’s carpark has been completed.
Melissa Sheil
A novel nerve implant treatment will be tested on WA sleep apnoea patients in a new University of WA-run trial.
Angela Pownall
Police have completed multiple helicopter rescues described as a “Victorian first” after severe flash flooding trapped hikers and residents along the Great Ocean Road.
Pamela Rontziokos, Alexandra Feiam
A Curtin University study has revealed gaming for more than a specific time can have a negative impact on diet, quality sleep and staying active.
Claire Sadler
Three men are on the run and two have been seriously injured after a street brawl turned into a stabbing.
Pamela Rontziokos
Albany senior Aboriginal health worker Glenda Williams hit a major professional milestone this year, working 50 years with WA Country Health Service.
A hand sanitiser gifted to hotel customers for over five years has been found to be contaminated with a toxic ingredient and has been urgently recalled.
William Ton
CCTV footage has captured a “completely unprovoked” attack on a man at a Melbourne car wash, which may have left him with permanent vision loss.
Alexandra Feiam
Doing an extra five minutes of exercise and less time sitting still could be the key to living longer, according to new research highlighting how a small lifestyle change could help millions.
Caleb Runciman