Health

A man who repeatedly raped a young girl after breaking into her home in an ordeal lasting hours is released into the community because he is unfit to plead to the charges against him.

Brian Hopkins was one of the last people to escape after two Australian naval ships collided. Living with terminal cancer, he revisits his former life and considers his legacy.

The Chair of Mental Health Australia has taken a swipe at the Albanese government's "inaction" on mental health, as he resigned from the top role of the peak non-government organisation representing the sector.

The family of Pukumani Alimankinni, who died inside the Royal Darwin Hospital's secure mental health unit in 2021, have performed an emotional tribute on the final day of a coronial inquest into her death.

Two years after a scathing report was handed down, a parliamentary committee touring the health system in Far West New South Wales says it must work "harder and a lot smarter" to attract and retain healthcare professionals.

Vanessa never thought her child's reduced food intake would turn into a long-term, life-threatening eating disorder. Now, after 25 hospital visits in the past year, she's calling for more long-term care and support to stop the cycle of readmission.

Law firms involved in the case said it was the largest underpayment class action outcome in Australian legal history.

Can you still be a Western Australian resident and access the state's voluntary euthanasia process if you've spent most of the past 15 years living elsewhere? The answer might surprise you.

Doctors say carbon emissions and waste generated by the health sector pose a massive threat to public health, but staff are finding novel ways reduce hospitals' environmental footprint.

When women pick out a sports bra they're probably not thinking of their knees, but surprising new research shows there's a link between breast support and serious knee injuries.

It really should come as no surprise to Arj Barker that the eviction of a breastfeeding mother from his Melbourne show has whipped up another round of culture wars, but these situations are complicated by differing experiences and emotional triggers — and culture wars aren't good with detail.

Planned births are returning to one of Australia's most remote towns for the first time in  a quarter of a century, saving women in the region an exhausting 2,000 kilometre-round trip to hospital.

An inquest into three unrelated deaths of South Australians affected by ambulance ramping has started in Adelaide – including one man who waited in an ambulance for five hours.

Children under five are increasingly being put at risk of nicotine poisoning because of the availability of vapes and e-cigarettes, child accident prevention authorities in South Australia have warned. 

The West Australian County Health Service says more than 100 cases of RSV have been recorded in the Kimberley over the past month, compared to a monthly average of 20-30.

Premier Jacinta Allan dumps government plans for a supervised injecting room, despite expert advice recommending a service be set up in Melbourne's CBD.

Trevor Kuskopf says after 45 years together he watched his wife die in pain because by the time she did receive care she was too weak for radiotherapy to ease her symptoms.

From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life.

Andrew Leech suffered with migraine for years. It was only when he studied to become a doctor that he realised help was out there. Now, he wants to make it easier to find relief.

Childhood dementia kills as many Australian children as cancer but the former receives much less funding. The South Australian government has stepped in to help families like Renee Staska whose three children are living with the illness.

There is a heightened awareness of personal safety following the high-profile deaths of three local women, support services say.

Colleen Lavender has raised her kids to love the outdoors but they no longer walk around barefoot after her daughter disturbed a fire ant nest at a park. She's worried the spread of the ants could change the outdoor lifestyle Australians know and love.

Keith Payne was awarded the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery in Vietnam. More than 50 years on, he still can’t shake the trauma of war. But he's learned how to live with it.

Australians are among the biggest users of ice in the world. Four Corners investigates where some of that crystal meth is coming from, and who's behind it.

Hospital staff came face-to-face with one of the world's most deadly snakes after a patient brought it to the emergency department in a snap-lock lunch container.