Disease

Sue Ellen Kovack alarmed authorities yesterday when she presented with a low-grade fever to Cairns Hospital after returning from Sierra Leone where she was working as a nurse in the Ebola affected nation. Queensland Health’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the woman will remain under observation for at least another 24-hours. “This is […]

Women might be able to use drug-delivering tampons to protect themselves from HIV.

Travellers are being encouraged to stay clear of Ebola effected areas.

What is measles? 1. The measles virus is described by the World Health Organisations as a “highly contagious, serious disease”.  2. The virus is airborne, spreading through the air with coughing and sneezing. 3. Symptoms include fever, tiredness, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, followed by a blotchy red rash which appears two to […]

Twenty years ago, The Weekly published an article about Fabry Disease which brought together Fabry sufferers from all over Australia.

It's not really the conversation anyone wants to have, but this uncomfortable chat saved two Australian women from dying of cancer.

Dozens of Australian babies have been infected with a virus that has no known cure, doctors say.

For the past three years, Cassie Ginns, 24, has been living in agony as her own body relentlessly attacks itself. Here, the South Australian girl explains the horrors of living with lupus – a potentially fatal disease most people have never even heard of. My battle with my own body started innocuously enough – I […]

Without medication, Rachelle Haikalis’ 11-year-old daughter will die. But the drugs needed to extend her life cost $300,000 a year and her family just can’t afford them. Here, Rachelle reveals the heartache of being unable to save your own child’s life. This time last year, we were living a normal, happy life. Today, we are […]

Dylan Siegel, 7, is on a mission to find a cure for a rare liver condition that threatens his best friend's life.