Hospitals and Healthcare

Susie Cone was one of a group of nurses who cared for Australian soldiers struck down by the deadly Spanish Flu in 1918. Her digitised diary provides a rare glimpse inside one quarantine station.

100 years ago today, New South Wales was the first state in Australia to officially proclaim an outbreak of pneumonic influenza. We revisit the early days of the crisis which left approximately 6000 dead in New South Wales alone.

The Spanish flu emerged as the world was recovering from years of global war. It was to have some surprising and far-reaching effects.

The epidemics of the early 21st century revealed a world unprepared, even as the risks continue to multiply. Much worse is coming.

We commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1, but victims of a more deadly threat are rarely remembered. Let's change that.

Hundreds of lives may have been saved during the latest Ebola outbreak after one key development.