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Parents not falling for anti-vax conspiracy theories

MALINDA Leary has seen the damage dangerous conspiracy theories can have on children's health and she is proud Mackay...

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25th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

A study of the health of 22,000 children in the Mackay Hospital and Health Services region in 2020 found the region had a 94.4 per cent vaccination rate for its five-year-olds, matching the statewide average. Picture: iStock

How a young man’s cancer death saved lives

Cory Geisler was a happy 27 year old when he found a suspicious mark on his body

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24th Nov. 2020 7:11 PM

Mackay man Cory Geisler lost his battle with melanoma cancer on November 4, 2018.

Settlement reached in $3.8m hospital negligence case

A grandmother was suing Mackay health care providers for almost $4 million over her daughter’s death.

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20th Nov. 2020 1:11 PM

Mackay Base Hospital. Picture: Tony Martin

From ‘denial’ to ‘praying’: Life with a premature baby

First-time mum: ‘The first few days were the hardest … I thought he’s not going to be a normal baby’

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17th Nov. 2020 2:11 PM

Mackay first-time mum Angela Sammon with her son Albie Ray Sammon who was born almost five weeks premature at the Mackay Base Hospital. Picture: Heidi Petith

Family’s heartbreak: Qld boy dies of meningococcal

A family has been left heartbroken after their "beautiful little boy" Noah died from meningococcal sepsis.

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15th Oct. 2020 4:10 AM

The North Mackay Saints football club has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the family of a boy who died from meningococcal sepsis.

UPDATE: Truckie flown to Mackay after medical episode

RACQ Capricorn Rescue has flown the man to Mackay Hospital.

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20th June 2020 1:06 PM

A truck driver is being flown to Mackay Hospital after he passed out at the wheel of his vehicle this morning.

STIs rise across Mackay despite lockdown measures

Medical professionals beg Mackay residents to use protection – and they don’t mean a face mask

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18th June 2020 5:06 AM

Mackay Hospital and Health Services reported a dramatic increase in gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia compared to the five-yearly average.

Two cases of meningococcal confirmed in Mackay

The presentations of the rare and contagious bacterial infection are believed to be unrelated.

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28th Jan. 2020 10:01 AM

Rash from a meningococcal meningitis infection.

TOXIC FISH: Your health questions answered

FEARS of chemical contaminant led health professionals to call for overall limits of fish caught in Mackay

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11th Aug. 2019 10:08 AM

Last week, the government owned corporation Airservices Australia revealed testing had found potentially dangerous level of perfluorinated substances in seven fish caught in Shellgrit Creek.

Monkey bites sent three to emergency

Mackay hospitals treated 19 people for dog bites - double the number bitten by snakes

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28th May 2019 5:05 AM

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