Health

Elderly lady with electric fan. | Newsreel

No escape from heat for state’s disadvantaged

Many Queenslanders feel trapped in their over-heated homes and are batting serious health issues as a result. Around 80 percent of respondents to the latest QCOSS Heat
Read more 22 March 2024
Dentist with elderly patient. | Newsreel

Costs bite into dental care for older Australians

More than a third of older Australians have delayed going to the dentist in the past 12 months due to financial pressures. A survey by advocacy group COTA Australia
Read more 20 March 2024
Festival-goer holding pill. | Newsreel

Green light for pill testing at Queensland festivals

Pill testing will be a regular feature at Queensland events with the State Government engaging two providers to deliver fixed site and event-based pill testing services
Read more 20 March 2024
Artist impression Ipswich Hospital. | Newsreel

New emergency department in the works for Ipswich

A new and expanded emergency department will be delivered in the second stage of a $710m Ipswich Hospital expansion. With Stage 1 of the expansion, which included a new
Read more 12 March 2024
Gloved hand handling test tube in lab. | Newsreel

More grants to lure biomedical projects to Qld

Queensland-based businesses can access grants of up to $250,000 to develop biomedical products locally. The latest round of grants through the Queensland Biomedical
Read more 7 March 2024
Woman with tablet showing friend the screen. | Newsreel

Young people urged to break out of the digital doldrums

Young people are being urged to re-embrace physical exercise and real social interaction to avoid losing motor skills and the ability to positively interact with
Read more 28 November 2023