Women’s Health News

Until we make structural changes we will continue to see unacceptably high rates of anxiety, depression and burnout in doctors.

Laila Yaqoobi is a 19 year old nursing student, who knew her career would involve care after being ill as a child in Pakistan.

To say that the experience of having a child with Kawasaki disease was traumatic is an understatement. And we were one of the lucky ones.

The coronavirus crisis has starkly revealed the patchy & precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access.

New research reveals that many primary health care nurses feel they are being prevented from reaching their full potential.

Nursing is still considered a women’s job, and chronically under-valued. On International Nurses Day, we spoke to two leaders in the field.

The number of adults reporting nervousness or restlessness has doubled compared to this time last year, according to an ABS COVID19 Survey.

One in ten Australians provide care for a loved one, sustaining families and saving governments huge sums on care services. But what do they do now?

Dr Jessica Hegedus issues a plea to Australian politicians to use what they’ve learnt on COVID-19 to address the climate curve, before it’s too late.

Debbie Kilroy OAM is the CEO of Sisters Insids. She’s just been cleared of COVID-19, after spending 25 days in self-isolation with the virus.

Women are especially vulnerable to the affects of COVID-19, with disruptions female health services and access to gender-based violence services.

Eloise Wellings, Olympics runner and three-time Commonwealth Games athlete and she has some tips for us on how to stay healthy during this period