Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter,as well as social,emotional and functional neglect.
The woman at the centre of a trial over the alleged malnourishment of her teenage daughter has been accused of cutting off family members who raised concerns about the girl.
A Perth court has heard harrowing details of the events that led to a young girl being placed into foster care after her heroin-addict mother failed to get her simple medical treatment.
John Gorman is a miracle man whose discovery has finally been recognised by his homeland.
A study of 7.7 million babies has found those conceived with IVF have a 36 per cent higher risk of serious heart abnormalities than naturally conceived children,but parents have been told not to be alarmed.
If we accept that we don’t just “tick over” into adulthood,the idea that 18 should be the default age to drink,buy cigarettes,drive,vote and gamble begins to seem arbitrary.
Baby formulas cannot be marketed,but toddler milks aren’t covered by the voluntary code. Health experts say that is not good enough.
A gastrointestinal disease caused by the cryptosporidiosis parasite has reached alarming rates,with daycare and school aged children picking up the infection.
Priority primary care clinics,promised in 2022 as Daniel Andrews’ solution to the health crisis,are facing cutbacks as the Victorian budget grapples with debt.
Every year,about 400 babies are born with physical and intellectual disabilities caused by a virus many pregnant women don’t know about.
Cat Irvine believes her son,Parker,developed asthma as a result of multiple RSV infections. The five-year-old now carries an asthma puffer with him at all times.