Latest Australian Health News

Man dies in Mackay weir
A 20-year-old man has died after a work platform collapsed into the Marian Weir west of Mackay in the state's north.

Spotlight on husband's role in cancer death
A prominent academic has told the Perth Coroner's Court he did not analyse homeopathic substances being taken by his wife to treat cancer because that was not his area of expertise.

Proposals to spend extra health funds
The WA Health Minister Kim Hames has welcomed news the Federal Government is planning to extend $350 million of health funding to Western Australia.