Healthcare
Even a low-quality kidney transplant better for patients than dialysis
Research suggests patients are better off accepting a low quality kidney transplant rather than remaining on dialysis and waiting for a better quality one.
- by Stuart Layt
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Opinion
Women's health
The pill causes clots too. Why no outrage?
Blood clots linked to the pill are a significant side effect that women are expected to live with.
- by Gabriela Fowler
Eighty assaults in WA hotel quarantine which lacks singular workplace culture
About 80 assaults have occured in Western Australia’s hotel quarantine system which lacks a singular workplace culture across its multiple sites, a review has found.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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Coronavirus pandemic
WA almost back to full capacity with sweeping changes to COVID-19 rules
Sports stadiums, theatres, and places of worship will be back to 100 per cent capacity and New Zealanders allowed to enter WA without quarantining.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Nurses put forward 10-point plan to fix Perth Children’s Hospital ED
The nurses’ union has issued a plan to address the strain on Perth Children’s Hospital following the death of a seven-year-old girl who waited two hours before getting treatment.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
‘It’s like we don’t exist’: Aged care workers denied second Pfizer shot
Health staff who received Pfizer vaccines to stop doses being wasted have been turned away when they attempt to get their second jabs for full protection against coronavirus.
- by Melissa Cunningham
WA Health Minister wary of ‘bunny-hoppers’ in NZ travel bubble
Roger Cook says he does not want to see people using New Zealand to ‘bunny-hop’ into Australia as WA weighs up how to approach the trans-Tasman travel bubble.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Our vaccine rollout is a disaster – here’s how to fix it
We’ve delivered a jab to only about 2 per cent of Australians, while Britain and the US are at 46 per cent and 30 per cent. There’s simply no time left to waste to get this right.
- by Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden
Paracetamol may be no better than a placebo in many cases
A review of paracetamol for 44 common pain conditions found no strong evidence to support its use in many instances.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Hospitals
Emergencies mean public hospitals can’t tackle elective surgery backlog
Public hospitals inundated with rising numbers of patients needing emergency surgeries are relying on private hospitals to clear their COVID-induced backlog of elective operations.
- by Mary Ward
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
As COVID-19 leaks into the community again, what are the gaps in the system?
Today on Please Explain, Nathanael Cooper is joined by Mary Ward to discuss how Australia is now dealing with the pandemic after vaccine rollout delays and new outbreaks.
- by Nathanael Cooper