Queensland records worst flu season in a decade, with cases 18 per cent up on last year
Queensland has recorded its worst year in more than a decade for cases of the flu, but experts…
Public officers facing corruption charges over alleged secret payments for medical devices in public hospitals
Five people will face criminal charges over alleged corruption following an “extensive” Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) investigation…
Queensland GPs to be able to diagnose adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from December 1
General practitioners in Queensland will have the ability to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and…
Health authorities issue a nationwide recall of various alfalfa sprouts due to salmonella outbreak
Health authorities have issued a nationwide recall of various alfalfa sprouts due to a salmonella outbreak. At least…
Queensland Health confirms homemade food products as source of rat poisoning cluster
Three homemade food products have been identified by health authorities as the common source of food between a…
Senior Queensland doctor suspended for more than a year on full pay
One of Queensland’s chief medical officers has been suspended for more than a year on his $500,000 salary…
Authorities identify homemade foods believed to be linked to Queensland rat poisoning cluster
Health authorities believe they have identified two homemade, unlabelled food items which may be linked to a cluster…
Patients at centre of suspected rat poisoning cluster in south-east Queensland are all from Logan. This is what we know
The five people at the centre of a suspected rat poisoning cluster in south-east Queensland are all from…
Teenager who died by suicide sent final message to Gold Coast health service, but it went unanswered
Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. Sally Wright was forensically tracking her daughter Neve’s movements, like she’d…
Five suspected rat poison cases detected in south-east Queensland
Queensland Health is investigating after five people were hospitalised with symptoms of ingesting rat poison in the state’s…
Queensland Health issues public health alert as person dies after ingesting rare nitazene
A second person has died this month after ingesting a synthetic opioid in Queensland, raising concerns about the…
Public health alert for nitazenes issued after person dies in Queensland
A person has died after taking a substance containing a synthetic opioid in Queensland, just weeks after the…