Emma Pollard

Queensland's government declared victory on elective surgery wait times but thousands of patients are waiting longer than recommended — and specialists warn the fix is short-term at best.   

Queensland controversially barred public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers to patients aged under 18 earlier this year.

A coronial inquest will be held into a "cluster" of three patient suicides inside the secure mental health wards of a major Brisbane hospital within just seven months.

The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.

University of Queensland researcher Arutha Kulasinghe studied lung biopsies from the tumours of almost 250 patients with non-small cell lung cancer across Australia, the United States and Europe. 

Queensland Health issues a public health alert warning nitazenes have been detected in tablets. 

In a study involving about 200,000 people diagnosed with depression, scientists have identified almost twice as many genetic red flags in the DNA of females compared with males.

Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.

A rural town in central Queensland is the latest community affected, after a case was recorded in Middlemount.

Nine months ago, Queensland lost its chief health officer. As recruitment continues, whoever is appointed will face a number of high-profile culture war issues.