Albanese snaps at Northern Territory reporters over funding ‘delay’ for vital, ‘falling apart’ hospital
Anthony Albanese has been grilled over a “delayed” hospital investment announcement in Darwin – as he was accused…
NT Health boss says Casuarina Plaza mould infestation ‘unacceptable’
The Northern Territory Health Department has confirmed that a Darwin building where a community health clinic operates has…
Darwin youth mental health ward found to be unsafe and not fit for purpose, FOI documents reveal
A “damning” report has revealed the Northern Territory’s only youth mental health inpatient facility was unable to uphold…
Yuendumu residents frustrated with lack of NT government diphtheria messaging
Service providers and residents in Yuendumu say despite growing diphtheria case numbers in the remote community in recent…
Northern Territory records Australia’s first diphtheria death reported in almost a decade amid outbreak
The Northern Territory has recorded the country’s first reported death from diphtheria in almost a decade, according to…
NT diphtheria outbreak worsens as cases of the potentially deadly disease more than double
Cases of a potentially deadly strain of diphtheria have more than quadrupled in just over a month, as…
‘Rare parasitic fungus’ behind outbreak of severe conjunctivitis in Top End wet season footballers
A rare water-borne parasite likely spread on Darwin’s sodden wet season playing fields is behind an outbreak of…
Centre for Disease Control issues health warning after outbreak of respiratory diphtheria in NT
The Northern Territory Department of Health has declared an outbreak of diphtheria, with four cases of a deadly…
NT’s high rates of diabetes and amputations highlighted by territory health professionals on World Diabetes Day
In the rural Northern Territory town of Katherine, diabetes can feel “normal” for young Aboriginal women. The disease…
NT health practitioners facing imminent shortage of life-saving rheumatic heart disease medicine
Northern Territory health clinics face an imminent shortage of a drug crucial to treating rheumatic heart disease. Benzathine…