For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic
At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. As a new dad and a PhD student studying environmental nanotechnology, plastic was on …
Public Health
Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat
FedEx spokesperson Adam Snyder says the company reminds contractors to closely monitor working conditions. “We encourage our team members and service providers across FedEx to take precautions in the hot …
SA woman in need of rare blood type for open-heart surgery
A nationwide search is underway to find a rare blood type so an Adelaide woman can have emergency open-heart surgery. Amira Soliman, 37, has a leaking valve in her heart …
Blake collapsed minutes after arriving home from hospital. He died days later
Blake Chown’s family are seeking answers as to why he was sent home from hospital — twice — before collapsing, unable to breathe. He died just days later. But they …
Ozempic isn’t ‘magic pill’ for weight loss, users say
Given the immense demand for Ozempic, the blockbuster drug that treats diabetes and is also prescribed for weight loss, it’s not unusual to know someone who is starting or already …
Perth teen finds out he has brain tumour after becoming sick on Kokoda Track
A Perth teen who was told he was dehydrated when he was actually battling brain cancer says he can’t wait to go home after spending months in hospital. Fergus Egerton-Warburton …
A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug
A sixth person, dubbed the “Geneva patient,” may be free of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant intended to treat another disease—his cancer. The man, who was diagnosed with …
SA residents raise alarm about delays with bowel cancer screening investigations
Graham Wilson has survived cancer once before, but having to wait more than five months to determine if he’s got bowel cancer is now consuming his everyday life. The 69-year-old …
SA man killed by meningococcal identified as Luke Wingfield and remembered as ‘the life of party’
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died Luke Wingfield, 36, has been remembered as a loved family member who …
Young father’s final moments before influenza B claimed his life
The final days before influenza claimed the life of an otherwise healthy Canberra father have been laid bare after the shock death plunged his wife and three sons into a …