Queenslanders have been urged to start carrying masks as COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Victoria and New South Wales, with one expert saying a second wave of the virus will be more dangerous with causes of transmission harder to identify.
There are fears for the future of health care in remote and rural areas of Queensland after a subsidy doctors have received since 2012 was withdrawn by Queensland Health.
Tamara and her twin Sally Steensen were called twin number one and twin number two for a week after birth as their mum tried to decide on their names. They were finally named after two student midwives who they finally met after more than three decades.
A cash injection of hundreds of millions of dollars is needed to save a quarter of Queensland’s community sports clubs from the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data has revealed.
Australian researchers say baby percentile birth weight charts need to be urgently revised after discovering a significant problem with the data.
Doctors are pushing for an end to centuries-old anatomical terms named after “old men, kings and heroes” claiming they are no longer relevant and represent the biases of much older generations.
New modelling shows the world isn’t doomed to overpopulation after all – but Australia will buck the trend once global numbers have peaked.
Queensland-based activewear company Lorna Jane has been caught still marketing their new range of tops and pants that claim they protect wearers from viruses.
Queensland’s last remaining coronavirus hospital patient has emerged from intensive care to recount his horror ordeal.
Volunteers will receive the first of the University of Queensland’s COVID-19 candidate vaccine from Monday in what has been hailed as the most promising contender on the planet to stop the killer virus in its path.
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